The Hutchinson dictionary of symbols in art / / Sarah Carr-Gomm

• Autore: Carr-Gomm Sarah
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Helicon; London, : Duncan Baird Publishers, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Disciplina: 703
• Soggetto topico: Art; Signs and symbols
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- The Hutchinson Dictionary of Symbols in Art -- Preface -- Table of contents -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- A -- Aaron -- Abraham -- absinthe -- abstinence -- Abundance -- Academy -- Achilles -- Actaeon -- Adam and Eve -- Adonis -- Aeneas -- Aesculapius -- Agatha, St -- ages of man -- Ages of the World -- Agnes, St -- Agrippina -- Ajax -- Alcestis -- alchemy -- Alexander (III) the Great (356 BC-323 BC) -- almond -- Italian mandorle, -- alpha and omega -- Amalthea -- Amazons -- Ambrose, St (c. 340-397) -- Andrew, St (Apostle, Disciple) (lived 1st century AD) -- Andrians -- Angelica -- angels -- Angelus -- animals -- Anna, St -- or Anne, -- Ansanus, St (died c. 304) -- Anthony of Padua, St (1195-1231) -- Anthony, St (251-356) -- Antiochus and Stratonice -- Antiope -- Apelles (lived 4th century BC) -- apes and monkeys -- apocalypse -- Apollo -- Apollonia, St -- Apostles -- apple -- Aquinas, St Thomas (1225-1274) -- Arachne -- Arcadia -- Archimedes (287 BC-212 BC) -- architecture -- Arethusa -- Ariadne -- Arion -- Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC) -- armour -- arrow -- Artemisia -- Arthur -- ass -- Astarte -- Astraea -- Atalanta -- Atlas -- Attila the Hun (c. 406-453) -- Attis -- Augustine of Hippo, St (354-430) -- Augustus (63 BC-AD 14) -- Aurora -- B -- Babel, Tower of -- Bacchus -- Barbara, St -- bare feet -- Barnabas, St (lived 1st century AD) -- Bartholomew, St (lived 1st century AD) -- Bathsheba -- Bavo, St (c. 589-654) -- bean king -- bees, beehives, and honey -- beggars -- Belisarius (c. 505-565) -- Bellerophon -- Belshazzar -- Benedict, St (c. 480-547) -- Benjamin -- Bernardino, St (1380-1444) -- Bernard of Clairvaux, St (1090-1153) -- birds -- Blaise, St (died c. 316) -- blindness and blindfolds -- Bonaventura, St (1221-1274) -- book of hours. ; Borromeo, St Charles (1538-1584) -- bread -- breasts -- Bruno, St (1033-1101) -- Brutus, Lucius Junius -- Brutus, Marcus Junius (c. 85 BC-42 BC) -- bubble -- bull -- butterfly -- C -- Cadmus -- caduceus -- Caenis -- Caesar -- Cain and Abel -- Callisto -- Calumny -- Cambyses, Judgement of -- camel -- Camillus, Marcus Furius (lived 4th century BC) -- candle -- cards -- carpenter -- Cassandra -- cassone -- Castor and Pollux -- cat -- Catherine of Alexandria, St (lived 4th century) -- Catherine of Siena, St (c.1347-1380) -- Cato, Marcus Porcius (95 BC-46 BC) -- Cecilia, St -- centaur -- centurion -- Cephalus and Procris -- Cerberus -- Ceres -- chains -- chariot -- Charity -- Charon -- chastity -- cherry -- Chimera -- chi rho -- Christina, St -- Christ, life of -- The Nativity and Adoration -- The baptism and calling of the disciples -- Compassion and forgiveness -- Christ's teachings -- The miracles -- Beginning of the Passion -- Christopher, St -- Cimon and Iphigenia -- Cimon and Pero -- Cincinnatus -- Circe -- circle -- Clare of Assisi, St (c. 1194-1253) -- Claudia -- Clement, St (died c. 101) -- Cleopatra (68 BC-30 BC) -- Cloelia -- club -- Clytie -- cock -- Cockaigne, Land of -- coins -- colours -- column -- comb -- commedia dell'arte -- compasses -- Concord -- Constantine the Great (c. 274-337) -- continents -- coral -- Coresus -- corn -- Cornelia -- cornucopia -- Coronis -- Cosmas and Damian, Sts -- crane -- Creation -- Crispin and Crispinian, Sts -- crocodile -- crocus -- crook -- cross -- crow -- crucifix -- crutch -- Cunegunda, St (died 1033) -- Cupid -- Curtius, Marcus -- Cybele -- cypress -- Cyrus the Great -- Cythera -- D -- Damocles (lived 4th century BC) -- Danaë -- Danaïds -- Daniel -- Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) -- Daphne -- Daphnis and Chloe -- David -- Death -- Deceit -- degli Onesti, Nastagio -- Democritus and Heraclitus -- Denis, St. ; or Dionysius of Paris, -- Dentatus, Marius Curius (lived 3rd century BC) -- Descent into Hell -- Deucalion and Pyrrha -- Diana -- dice -- Diogenes of Sinope (c. 412 BC-323 BC) -- Dionysius the Areopagite -- doctor -- dog -- Dominic, St (1170-1221) -- Don Quixote -- Dorothea, St (died c. 303) -- dove -- dragon -- E -- eagle -- Echo -- egg -- elephant -- Eligius, St, or Eloi (c. 588-660) -- Elijah -- Elisha -- Elizabeth of Hungary, St (1207-1231) -- Endymion -- Envy -- equestrian monument -- Erasmus, St (died c. 303) -- or Elmo or Ermo, -- Erichthonius -- Eris -- ermine -- Esther -- Euclid -- Europa -- Eustace, St (died 118) -- Evangelists -- eyes -- Ezekiel -- F -- Fabricius, Luscinus Gaius -- Fame -- fasces -- Fates -- Latin Parcae, -- Faunus and fauns -- feasts of the gods -- Felicity, St (died 165) -- fertility -- fête champêtre -- or fête galante, -- Fidelity -- fig leaf -- Fina, St (1238-1253) -- fish -- five senses -- flag -- Flora -- flowers -- fools and folly -- Fortuna -- fountain -- Four Crowned Martyrs -- four elements -- Francis of Assisi, St (c. 1181-1226) -- Francis Xavier, St (1506-1552) -- fruit -- Furies -- G -- Gabriel -- Galatea -- Ganymede -- garden -- Geminianus, St (lived 4th century) -- Geneviève, St (c. 420-500) -- genre -- George, St -- giant -- Gideon -- Giles, St -- Glaucus and Scylla -- globe -- goat -- God -- gods and goddesses of classical mythology -- Graces -- grammar -- Granida and Daifilo -- Gregory the Great, St (c. 540-604) -- grotesque -- Gualberto, St, Giovanni (c. 985-1073) -- guilds of Florence -- Gyges and King Candaules -- H -- Habakkuk -- Hades -- halo -- hand -- Hannibal (247 BC-182 BC) -- Harpy -- harvest -- hate -- heart -- heaven -- Hecate -- Helena, St (c. 255-330) -- Helen of Troy -- Heliodorous -- hell -- Hercules -- 1. The Nemean Lion -- 2. The Lernean Hydra -- 3. The Arcadian Stag. ; 4. The Erymanthian Boar -- 5. The Augean Stables -- 6. The Stymphalian Birds -- 7. The Cretan Bull -- 8. The Horses of Diomedes -- 9. The Girdle of Hippolyta -- 10. The Oxen of Geryon -- 11. The Apples of the Hesperides -- 12. Cerberus -- Hercules and Eurytion -- Hercules and Hesione -- Hercules and Cacus -- Hercules and Antaeus -- Hercules and Omphale -- Hercules at the Crossroads -- Hercules and Achelous -- Hercules and Nessus -- The Apotheosis of Hercules -- herm -- Hermaphroditus and Salmacis -- Hermes Trismegistus -- Hero and Leander -- Herse -- Hippolytus -- history -- Holy Family -- Homer -- Horatii and Curiatii -- Horatius Cocles -- Hubert, St (died 727) -- hunting -- Hyacinthus -- Hylas and the nymphs -- Hymen -- I -- Icarus and Daedalus -- IHS -- impresa -- INRI -- intemperance -- Io -- Iphigenia -- Iris -- Isaiah -- ivy -- Ixion -- J -- Jacob -- James (died c. 62) -- called 'the Less', -- James, St (died AD 44) -- called 'the Great', -- Janus -- Jason and the Argonauts -- Jephthah -- Jeremiah -- Jeroboam -- Jerome, St (c. 342-420) -- Jezebel -- Joachim and Anna -- Job -- John Chrysostom, St (c. 347-407) -- John the Baptist, St (died c. 30) -- John the Evangelist, St (lived 1st century AD) -- Jonah -- Joseph -- Joseph -- Joseph of Arimathea -- Joshua -- Judas Iscariot -- Jude, St (lived 1st century AD) -- Judith and Holofernes -- Julian the Hospitaller, St -- Juno -- Jupiter -- Justina of Antioch, St (lived 3rd century) -- Justina of Padua, St -- Juventas -- L -- lamb -- Lamentation -- lamps, lanterns, and lights -- landscape -- Laocoön -- Last Judgement -- Latona -- laurel -- Lawrence, St (died 258) -- Leda -- Leonard, St -- Leonidas -- Leviathan -- Liberal Arts -- Liberale, St -- lily -- lion -- Longinus, St (lived 1st century AD) -- Loretto -- Lot -- Louis IX, St (1214-1270) -- Louis of Toulouse, St (1274-1297). ; Loyola, St, Ignatius (c. 1491-1556) -- Lucretia -- Lucy, St (died c. 304) -- Luke, St -- luxury -- M -- Maccabees -- Manlius Torquatus -- Man of Sorrows -- Marat, Jean-Paul (1743-1793) -- Marcus Sextus -- Margaret of Antioch, St -- Margaret of Cortona, St (c. 1247-1297) -- Mark, St (died c. 74) -- Mars -- Marsyas -- Martha -- Martin of Tours, St (c. 315-397) -- martyrs -- Mary Magdalene (lived 1st century AD) -- Mary of Egypt, St (lived 5th century) -- mask -- Matthew, St -- Maurice -- Medea -- Medusa -- melancholia -- Meleager -- Mercury -- Michael, St -- Midas -- Milky Way -- Milo of Croton (lived 6th century BC) -- Minerva -- Miniato, St -- Minotaur -- missal -- Mithras -- model -- Monica, St (332-387) -- Moon -- Moses -- The finding of Moses -- The pharaoh's crown -- The daughters of Jethro -- The burning bush -- The staff of Moses -- The plagues of Egypt -- Moses divides the Red Sea -- The fall of manna -- Moses strikes the rock -- The victory over the Amalekites -- The Ten Commandments -- The golden calf -- The brazen serpent -- Mucius Scaevola -- Mus, Decius -- Muses -- musical instruments -- myrtle -- N -- Narcissus -- Nemesis -- Neptune -- Nicholas, St -- Nicodemus -- Night -- Niobe -- Noah -- nude -- Numa Pompilius (lived 7th century BC) -- nymphs -- O -- Oedipus -- Olindo and Sophronia -- olive -- Ops -- Orestes -- Orion -- Orpheus and Eurydice -- oyster -- P -- palm -- Pan -- Pandora -- Pantocrator -- English all-ruling, -- Paolo and Francesca -- Paris -- passion flower -- Passion of Christ -- Christ in Jerusalem -- The Last Supper and betrayal -- The trial of Christ -- The Crucifixion, Deposition, and Entombment -- The Resurrection and Ascension -- Pastor Fido, Il -- The Faithful Shepherd, -- Patroclus -- Paul, St (died c. 67) -- Peace -- peacock -- Pegasus -- pelican -- Penelope -- Perseus -- Peter Martyr, St (1205-1252). ; Peter, St (died AD 64).
• Sommario/riassunto: A-Z dictionary of the religious and mythological themes and symbols that have influenced Western painting and sculpture.
• Altri titoli varianti: Dictionary of symbols in Western art; Dictionary of symbols in art
• Titolo autorizzato: The Hutchinson dictionary of symbols in art
• ISBN: 1-280-73148-6; 9786610731480
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825636903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II