1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001270799707536

Autore

Masini, Lara Vinca

Titolo

Art nouveau : un'avventura artistica internazionale tra rivoluzione e reazione, tra cosmopolitismo e provincia, tra costante ed effimero, tra "sublime" e stravagante / Lara-Vinca Masini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Firenze : Aldo Martello-Giunti, [1976]

Descrizione fisica

429 p. : ill. ; 30 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

Vezzosi, Alessandro

Disciplina

709.0349

Soggetti

Art nouveau

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783731403321

Autore

Green Miranda

Titolo

Animals in Celtic life and myth [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002

ISBN

0-203-02356-0

0-203-27272-2

1-134-66531-8

1-280-33366-9

1-134-66532-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Disciplina

398.24

398.245

Soggetti

Animals, Mythical, in art

Animals, Mythical

Celts

Celts - Domestic animals

Mythology, Celtic

Celts - Hunting

Celts - Folklore

Gender & Ethnic Studies

Ethnic & Race Studies



Social Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; THE NATURAL WORLD OF THE CELTS; FOOD AND FARMING: ANIMALS IN THE CELTIC ECONOMY; PREY AND PREDATOR: THE CELTIC HUNTER; ANIMALS AT WAR; SACRIFICE AND RITUAL; THE ARTIST'S MENAGERIE; ANIMALS IN THE EARLIEST CELTIC STORIES; GOD AND BEAST; CHANGING ATTITUDES TO THE ANIMAL WORLD; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Animals played a crucial role in many aspects of Celtic life: in the economy, hunting, warfare, art, literature and religion. Such was their importance to this society, that an intimate relationship between humans and animals developed, in which the Celts believed many animals to have divine powers. In Animals in Celtic Life and Myth, Miranda Green draws on evidence from early Celtic documents, archaeology and iconography to consider the manner in which animals formed the basis of elaborate rituals and beliefs. She reveals that animals were endowed with an extremely high status, consi