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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781563103321

Autore

Kemp Martin

Titolo

Christ to COKE [[electronic resource] ] : how image becomes icon / / Martin Kemp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-19-161988-4

1-283-94951-2

0-19-161704-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 368 p. ) : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.)

Disciplina

700

Soggetti

Art and society - History

Art and popular culture - History

Symbolism - History

Signs and symbols - History

Symbolism in art - History

Symbolism in advertising - History

Symbolism in politics - History

Popular culture - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Christ : the true icon -- The cross -- The heart -- The lion -- Mona Lisa -- Che --  Napalmed and naked -- Stars and stripes -- COKE : the bottle -- DNA -- E=mc² -- Fuzzy formulas.

Sommario/riassunto

Informative, funny, sad, and surprising by turns, this book looks at all the main types of visual icon, taking 11 mega-famous examples, from Christ to the Coke bottle, to see how they arose and how they continue to function.