A new pictorial reference book for artists and designers, with over
400 images from sources ranging from Greco-Roman art to Benjamin
Franklin and Wes Anderson - Symbols offers a fresh approach to
understanding symbolism in the visual arts. Symbols are embedded
everywhere in our global visual culture, from oil paintings to
biscuit packaging, monuments to mass-produced ashtrays. Designers
and California College of the Arts instructors Mark Fox and Angie
Wang recognize sources both historical and contemporary, high and
low, revealing the narrative riches of symbolism found in a range
of media and across times, places, and cultures. Whether human or
animate, natural or man-made - each symbol (from sun, moon,
lightning, and serpent to lozenge, spiral, and swastika) is
illustrated with both classical and archetypal examples and often
surprising contributions from textiles, fine art photography,
ceramics, African sculpture, ancient coins, modern architecture,
Native American crafts, European heraldry, Soviet propaganda,
bookplates, film stills, military insignia, and much more. A
beautiful, visually arresting compendium that both informs and
inspires, Symbols is a vital resource.
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