Author: GOMBRICH, E. H. (ERNST HANS) (1909-2001)
Title: Symbolic images : studies in the art of the Renaissance
Description: [London ; New York] : Phaidon; distributed by Praeger. New York 1975. Second Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine. price-clipped dust-wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Includes sticker for personal library of Piers Gascoigne. by E. H. Gombrich. Physical description; viii. 247 p : 170 plates ; 26 cm. Notes; Reprint of 1972 edition. 'Sequel' to author's Norm and form. Includes bibliographical references. Series; Studies in the art of the Renaissance ; 2. Contents; Aims and limits of iconology.--Tobias and the angel.--Botticelli's mythologies: a study in the neo-Platonic symbolism of his circle.--An interpretation of Mantegna's 'Parnassus.'--Raphael's Stanza della segnatura and the nature of its symbolism.--Hypnerotomachiana.--The Sala dei Venti in the Palazzo del Te.--The subject of Poussin's Orion.--Icones symbolicae: philosophies of symbolism and their bearing on art. Summary; These studies on the interpretation of images focus on the greatest artists of the Renaissance - notably Botticelli. Leonardo. Raphael and Michelangelo - and all reflect the author's concern with standards. values and problems of method. Subjects; 15th-16th centuries. Symbolism in art. Art — history. Symbolism. Art. Italian — History. Art. Renaissance — History. Italy. Visual arts. c.1450-c.1750 — Symbolism. visual arts — symbolism. Italian visual arts. ca 1450- ca 1750 — Symbolism. History of art: c 500 CE to c 1400. ART / History / Medieval. Symbolism in art ; Art. Renaissance. ISBN: 0714814954. Weight in Kg appr.:

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