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An examination of the allegory of the four continents as embodied personification in the early modern period / Christine Ritok

Author:
Ritok, Christine  Search this
Physical description:
iii, 74 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2008
C2008
Topic:
Allegories  Search this
Symbolism in art  Search this
Art, European--Themes, motives  Search this
Call number:
N7710 .R58 2008
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_910922
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American allegorical paintings, drawings and prints / Senior Art History Seminar of Skidmore College

Author:
Skidmore College Senior Art History Seminar  Search this
Skidmore College Hathorn Gallery  Search this
Physical description:
37 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
United States
Date:
1968
Topic:
Symbolism in art  Search this
Art, American  Search this
Allegories  Search this
Call number:
N7710 .S62
N7710.S62
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_91368
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Symbols of eternity : the art of landscape painting in China / Michael Sullivan

Author:
Sullivan, Michael 1916-  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 205 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1979
Topic:
Landscape painting, Chinese  Search this
Symbolism in art  Search this
Call number:
759.951 .S8925
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_887610
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Dictionary of subjects and symbols in art / James Hall ; introduction by Kenneth Clark

Author:
Hall, James 1918-2007  Search this
Physical description:
xxxv, 364 p., [8] p. of plates : ill ; 23 cm
Type:
Dictionaries
Date:
2008
C2008
Topic:
Art--Themes, motives  Search this
Symbolism in art  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_902695
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Fresh! : contemporary takes on nature & allegory / Juli Cho Bailer

Author:
Bailer, Juli Cho  Search this
Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art  Search this
Physical description:
59 p. : ill ; 23 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
2006
C2006
21st century
Topic:
Symbolism in art  Search this
Nature in art  Search this
Art, Modern  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_909320
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Symbolism in ancient Chinese art / Hugo Munsterberg

Author:
Munsterberg, Hugo 1916-1995  Search this
Physical description:
263 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1986
To 221 B.C
Topic:
Art, Chinese--Themes, motives  Search this
Symbolism in art  Search this
Call number:
N7343.22 .M86
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_870651
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Chinese landscape painting. Vol. 2, The Sui and Tʻang dynasties / Michael Sullivan

Author:
Sullivan, Michael 1916-  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 191 p., [57] leaves of plates : ill. (1 col.), map ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Date:
1980
C1980
To 960
Three kingdoms-Sui dynasty, 220-618
Tʻang-Five dynasties, 618-960
Topic:
Landscape painting, Chinese  Search this
Symbolism in art  Search this
Painting, Chinese  Search this
Call number:
759.951 .S891
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_887279
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Chinese jade throughout the ages : a review of its characteristics, decoration, folklore and symbolism / by Stanley Charles Nott ; with an introduction by Sir Cecil Harcourt-Smith

Author:
Nott, Stanley Charles 1902-1957  Search this
Smith, Cecil Harcourt- Sir 1859-1944  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 193 p., 148 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
China
Date:
1936
[1936]
Topic:
Jade  Search this
Jade art objects  Search this
Symbolism in art  Search this
Folk-lore, Chinese  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Call number:
NK5750 .N65
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_872400
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Illustrated dictionary of symbols in eastern and western art / James Hall ; illustrated by Chris Puleston

Title:
Hall's illustrated dictionary of symbols in eastern and western art
Author:
Hall, James 1917-  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 244 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Dictionaries
Date:
1994
Topic:
Symbolism in art  Search this
Art--Themes, motives  Search this
Call number:
N7740 .H35
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_893829
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Kitchōga sen / [kaisetsu: Nakamura Tanio, Murashige Yasushi] = Selected paintings on auspicious subjects / [Essay: Tanio Nakamura, Yasushi Murashige]

Title:
吉祥画選 / [解說: 中村溪男, 村重寧] = Selected paintings on auspicious subjects / [Essay: Tanio Nakamura, Yasushi Murashige]
Author:
Nakamura, Tanio  Search this
Murashige, Yasushi 1937-  Search this
Physical description:
[12] leaves : chiefly col. ill. ; 62 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1993
1993?]
Edo period, 1600-1868
Topic:
Painting, Japanese  Search this
Symbolism in art  Search this
Call number:
ND1053.5 .K45 1993
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_881198
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The virgin & the dynamo : public murals in American architecture, 1893-1917 / Bailey Van Hook

Title:
Virgin and the dynamo
Author:
Van Hook, Bailey 1953-  Search this
Center for American Places  Search this
Physical description:
xxii, 240 p. : ill. ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2003
C2003
19th century
20th century
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration, American--Themes, motives  Search this
Symbolism in art  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_718660
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The golden germ : an introduction to Indian symbolism / by F. D. K. Bosch

Author:
Bosch, F. D. K (Frederik David Kan) 1887-1967  Search this
Physical description:
264 p., 84 p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1994
1960
C1994
Topic:
Art, Indic  Search this
Buddhist art  Search this
Symbolism in art  Search this
Call number:
N7301 .B683 1994
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_885684
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Artistic form and yoga in the sacred images of India / Heinrich Zimmer ; translated from the German and edited by Gerald Chapple and James B. Lawson in collaboration with J. Michael McKnight

Author:
Zimmer, Heinrich Robert 1890-1943  Search this
Chapple, Gerald  Search this
Lawson, James B. 1926-  Search this
McKnight, J. Michael  Search this
Physical description:
xxx, 289 p., [33] p. of plates : ill. (1 col.) ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
India
Date:
1984
Topic:
Art, Indic  Search this
Symbolism in art  Search this
Buddhist art  Search this
Hindu art  Search this
Yoga  Search this
Call number:
N7301 .Z513 1984
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_870305
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Arcadian waters and wanton seas : the iconology of waterscapes in nineteenth-century transatlantic culture / Arne Neset

Author:
Neset, Arne  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 275 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2009
C2009
19th century
Topic:
Marine painting, American  Search this
Landscape painting, American  Search this
Painting, American--European influences  Search this
Symbolism in art  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_920356
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Arts africains : signes et symboles / Clémentine M. Faïk-Nzuji

Author:
Faïk-Nzuji Madiya, C (Clémentine) 1944-  Search this
Physical description:
231 p. : ill ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa
Date:
2000
C2000
Topic:
Material culture  Search this
Art, African  Search this
Symbolism in art  Search this
Symbolic anthropology  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_924879
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Legend in Japanese art : a description of historical episodes, legendary characters, folk-lore myths, religious symbolism, illustrated in the arts of old Japan / by Henri L. Joly

Author:
Joly, Henri L  Search this
Physical description:
623 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Japan
Date:
1967
1908
Topic:
Art, Japanese--Themes, motives  Search this
Legends  Search this
Symbolism in art  Search this
Legends in art  Search this
Call number:
N7350 .J75 1967
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1049491
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Maniema, an essay on the distribution of the symbols and myths as depicted in the Masks of Greater Maniema / Marc L. Felix

Author:
Felix, Marc Leo  Search this
Physical description:
313 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Maniema
Maniema (Congo)
Date:
1989
C1989
Topic:
Masks  Search this
Symbolism in art  Search this
Call number:
GN419.5 .F316 1989
GN419.5.F316 1989
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_380417
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The true vine : on visual representation and the western tradition / Stephen Bann

Author:
Bann, Stephen  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 286 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1989
Topic:
Art--Themes, motives  Search this
Visual perception  Search this
Grapes in art  Search this
Symbolism in art  Search this
Call number:
N7560.B3 1989X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_388545
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Material differences : art and identity in Africa / edited by Frank Herreman ; with contributions by Herman Burssens ... [et al.]

Author:
Herreman, Frank  Search this
Burssens, Herman  Search this
Museum for African Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Physical description:
179 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Africa, Sub-Saharan
Date:
2003
C2003
Topic:
Art, African  Search this
Symbolism in art  Search this
Identity (Psychology) in art  Search this
Artists' materials  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_721024
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Le manuel des artistes et des amateurs; ou, Dictionnaire historique et mythologique des emblêmes, allégories, énigmes, devises, attributs & symboles; relativement au costûme, aux moeurs, & aux cérémonies ..

Author:
Petity, Jean Raymond de 1724?-1780  Search this
Physical description:
4 v. 17 cm
Type:
Handbooks, manuals, etc
Date:
1770
Topic:
Art  Search this
Arts--Handbooks, manuals, etc  Search this
Art--Themes, motives  Search this
Mythology, Classical, in art  Search this
Symbolism in art  Search this
Call number:
N33 .P49
N33.P49
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_72460

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