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Here Be Dragons: A Fantastic Bestiary
Ariane Delacampagne
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Description for Here Be Dragons: A Fantastic Bestiary
Hardback. Offers an illustrated compendium of the menagerie of imaginary animals that humans have conjured up over the ages. This book take us on a journey through five thousand years of art, examining the symbolic meanings of such creatures and what they say about the unconscious life of the human mind. Num Pages: 200 pages, 186 color plates. BIC Classification: AGN; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 299 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1485.
Sphinxes, hydras, chimeras, dragons, unicorns, griffins, sirens, and centaurs--fantastic animals can be found in works from Greek vases to paintings by Bosch, Goya, and Picasso, from folk art to comic strips, advertising, and Hollywood movies. Here Be Dragons is a lavishly illustrated compendium of the marvelous menagerie of imaginary animals that humans have conjured up over the ages. Ariane and Christian Delacampagne take us on a visually and intellectually riveting journey through five thousand years of art, examining the symbolic meanings of such creatures and what they say about the unconscious life of the human mind. In the Middle Ages, ... Read more
Sphinxes, hydras, chimeras, dragons, unicorns, griffins, sirens, and centaurs--fantastic animals can be found in works from Greek vases to paintings by Bosch, Goya, and Picasso, from folk art to comic strips, advertising, and Hollywood movies. Here Be Dragons is a lavishly illustrated compendium of the marvelous menagerie of imaginary animals that humans have conjured up over the ages. Ariane and Christian Delacampagne take us on a visually and intellectually riveting journey through five thousand years of art, examining the symbolic meanings of such creatures and what they say about the unconscious life of the human mind. In the Middle Ages, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691116891
SKU
V9780691116891
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Ariane Delacampagne
Christian Delacampagne is Professor of Twentieth-Century French Literature at The Johns Hopkins University. His books include "A History of Philosophy in the Twentieth Century" and "Outsiders, fous, naifs et voyants dans la peinture moderne: 1880-1960". Ariane Delacampagne is an independent translator and photographer.
Reviews for Here Be Dragons: A Fantastic Bestiary
"This lovely presentation of dragons and other imaginary beasts found in art all over the world makes it clear that humans have an almost innate facility for creating a pretend nature... [A] beautiful book."
Toronto Globe and Mail
Toronto Globe and Mail