Here be dragons : a fantastic bestiary
Delacampagne, Ariane, 1959-
Here be dragons : a fantastic bestiary - Princeton Princeton University Press c2003 - 200p.; ill.; bibliog.; index
Originally publ. as Animaux etranges et fabuleux: un bestiare fantastique dans l'art, c. 2003.. Transl. from the French by Ariane Delacampagne.
Introduction. 1 Symbols, dreams, religions. 2 Inventing a bestiary. 3 Unicorns and human hybrids. 4 Flying quadrupeds and dragons. 5 Influences or coincidences?. 6 The fantastic today
'Here Be Dragons: A Fantastic Bestiary 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.'
Hardcover
0-691-11689-X
2003051741
Animals, Mythical, in art
Animals--Symbolic aspects
N7745.A5 D4313 2003
Here be dragons : a fantastic bestiary - Princeton Princeton University Press c2003 - 200p.; ill.; bibliog.; index
Originally publ. as Animaux etranges et fabuleux: un bestiare fantastique dans l'art, c. 2003.. Transl. from the French by Ariane Delacampagne.
Introduction. 1 Symbols, dreams, religions. 2 Inventing a bestiary. 3 Unicorns and human hybrids. 4 Flying quadrupeds and dragons. 5 Influences or coincidences?. 6 The fantastic today
'Here Be Dragons: A Fantastic Bestiary 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.'
Hardcover
0-691-11689-X
2003051741
Animals, Mythical, in art
Animals--Symbolic aspects
N7745.A5 D4313 2003