Download or read book Symbols of excellence written by Grahame Clark and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Symbols of Excellence written by Grahame Clark and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1986-04-24 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Clark explores the reasons of why humans value precious metals, gems, ivory and pearls so highly.
Download or read book A Dictionary of Symbols written by J. E. Cirlot and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-07-11 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic encyclopedia of symbols by the renowned Spanish poet illuminates the imagery of myth, modern psychology, literature, and art. J. E. Cirlot’s A Dictionary of Symbols is a feat of scholarship, an act of the imagination, and a tool for contemplation, as well as a work of literature—a reference book that is as indispensable as it is brilliant and learned. Cirlot was a composer, poet, critic, and champion of modern art whose interest in surrealism helped introduce him to the study of symbolism. This volume explores the space between the world at large and the world within, where nothing is meaningless, and everything is in some way related to something else. Running from “abandonment” to “zone” by way of “flute” and “whip,” spanning the cultures of the world, and including a wealth of visual images to further bring the reality of the symbol home, A Dictionary of Symbols is a luminous and illuminating investigation of the works of eternity in time.
Download or read book A Brief Systematic Theology of the Symbol written by Joshua Mobley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do Christians understand the Trinity? How does this understanding relate to other Christian teachings? In conversation with key thinkers in contemporary and classical theology, particularly Henri de Lubac, Karl Rahner, Thomas Aquinas and Augustine, this book argues that a theology of symbols can help us glimpse the mystery of the Trinity and see how this central Christian teaching corresponds to Christian understandings of creation, humanity and the church. A symbol is not here understood as an arbitrary sign, but as a sign that mediates the presence of the symbolized. Joshua Mobley examines the understanding of the Father as “symbolized” in the Son who is the “symbol” of the Father by the “symbolism” of the Spirit, the personal agent of unity between Father and Son. These trinitarian relations then structure creaturely relations to God: God is symbolized in creation, which is a symbol of God by participation in the Son, and the church is symbolism, the union of creation with God by the power of the Spirit. Mobley thus argues that a theology of symbol helps coordinate trinitarian theology with key themes in Christian dogmatics.
Download or read book Symbols of Power in Art written by Paola Rapelli and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2011 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the ways that sovereign rulers have employed well-defined symbols, attributes, and stereotypes to convey their power to their subjects and rivals, as well as to leave a legacy for subsequent generations to admire. Legendary rulers from antiquity such as Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Constantine have been looked to as models for their display of imperial power by the rulers of later eras. From medieval sovereigns such as Charlemagne and France's Louis IX to the tsars of Russia and the great European royal dynasties of the Hapsburgs, the Bourbons, and the Tudors, the rulers of each period have appropriated and often embellished the emblems of power employed by their predecessors. Even the second-tier lords who ruled parts of France and Italy during the Renaissance, such as the dukes of Burgundy, the Gonzaga of Mantua, and the Medici of Florence became adept at manipulating this imagery. The final chapter is reserved for Napoleon I, perhaps the ultimate master of symbolic display, who assumed the attributes of Roman emperors to project an image of eternal and immutable authority. The author examines not only regal paraphernalia such as crowns, scepters, thrones, and orbs, but also the painted portraits, sculptures, tapestries, carved ivories, jewelry, coins, armor, and, eventually, photographs created to display their owner's sovereign power, a vast collection of works that now forms a significant portion of the cultural heritage of Western civilization.
Download or read book The Forest of Symbols written by Victor Witter Turner and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of 10 articles previously published on various aspects of ritual symbolism among the Ndembu of Zambia; p.83-4; brief mention of C.P. Mountford on Aboriginal colour symbolism; Primarly for use in cultural comparison.
Download or read book Marks of Excellence written by Per Mollerup and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The core of the book is a full classification of all the trade marks covering pictures, names and abbreviations. The author analyses and describes the history of trademarks and shows how they have transcended barriers of language and time.
Download or read book Dictionary of Symbols written by J. C. Cirlot and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-10-19 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unvarying essential meanings of around 1,000 symbols and symbolic themes commonly found in the art, literature and thought of all cultures through the ages are clarified.
Download or read book The Book of Symbols written by Robert Mushet and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Symbols in Structure and Function Volume 3 written by Charles A. Sarnoff and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2004-01-12 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third unit of three devoted to an explication of the structure and function of symbols. The following topics are covered. Ch-1 SYMBOLS AND THE GROWTH OF SOCIETY Ch-2 UNIVERSAL SYMBOLS Ch-3 THE EVOLUTION OF THE SYMBOLS OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND MYTHOLOGY The Life and Death of a Myth Ch-4 SYMBOLIC MORALISM Ch-5 THE INFLUENCE OF MYTH ON THE NATURE OF SYMBOLIC FORMS IN MANIFEST DREAMS Ch-6 THE POWER IN THE SYMBOL Ch-7 THOUGHT DISORDER, SYMBOLS, AND ART De Chirico, Dadd, Tasso, Joyce Ch-8 FEELINGS WORDS AND VISIONS: Symbols and Personality in the Paintings of Thomas Cole
Download or read book Symbols of Sacred Science written by René Guénon and published by Sophia Perennis. This book was released on 2004 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Symbols of Sacred Science, Guénon, a master of precise, even 'mathematical' metaphysical exposition, reveals himself as a consummate exegete of myth and symbolism as well, superior in many ways to Mircea Eliade, and comparable perhaps only to his respected friend Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. This extraordinary text unveils the cosmological meanings of root symbols organized under such general headings as: The Center of the World, Cyclic Manifestation, Symboic Weapons, Axial Symbolism and the Symbolsim of Passage, The Symbolism of Building, and The Symbolism of the Heart. Far more than a simple catalogue of myths and symbols from many traditions, Symbols of the Sacred Science lays the foundation for a universal esoteric symbology. In this work, Guénon demonstrates the fundamental unity-across all cultures and ages-of the images with which the Absolute clothes itself in its cosmic self-revelation.
Download or read book When the Golden Bough Breaks written by Peter Munz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This original, provocative study, first published in 1973, presents a new method of interpretation of mythology, and reveals the wide-ranging implications of this universal phenomenon for many disciplines. The volume begins with a sympathetic but critical examination of Lévi-Strauss’s interpretation of mythology. Professor Munz points out the deficiencies in structuralist interpretations, and takes Lévi-Strauss’s neglect of the historicity of all myths as a starting-point for an alternative approach to mythology. Myths, he argues, come in typological series. If the whole series is read forward to the most specific version, the myths will reveal their inherent meaning typologically.
Download or read book The Secret of the Christian Way written by Jean Borella and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2001-02-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of key writings from the French religious philosopher, Jean Borella.
Download or read book Saints and Scamps written by Steven M. Cahn and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2010-10-16 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saints and Scamps has been widely acclaimed as one of the best academic ethics books in print. In its 25th anniversary edition, Steven M. Cahn has updated and expanded upon his critical look at the duties and responsibilities of college professors; presenting us with a masterfully decisive and learned probe into the ethical standards and practices of the academic world and bringing Saints and Scamps to a new generation. Cahn discusses every issue, from grades to degree requirements, from tenure to the ethics of teaching. For Cahn, being a professor is so much more than research and scholarship; it is also about being a good teacher and shepherding in the next generation of students. He shows us what makes a wonderful professor and what constitutes professorial malpractice, and he does so with a wit and charm that is both entertaining and convincing. This is not just a book for college professors, but a book that should be read by parents, students, school administrators, and anyone interested in what teachers do and how they should do it. In this new edition, Cahn continues to do what he has done so brilliantly in the past; he shows us the ethical guidelines that every professor should follow.
Download or read book Interpreting Archaeology written by Ian Hodder and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the ways in which material culture is understood and preserved in museums and how the nature of history is itself in flux.
Download or read book Historiography Culture written by Robert M. Burns and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection aims to enable the reader to disentangle some of the ambiguities and confusions which have characterized the use of the term 'historiography'.
Download or read book Theory s Empire written by Daphne Patai and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "... the essays in [this volume] question the inflated claims, facile slogans, and political pretensions that have in our time turned theory into a ubiquitous orthodoxy. [This is a] ... collection of essays that returns sanity and rationality to literary criticism, rescuing it from the esotericism, jargon, and delusions under which it had been buried by the "theorizers." -Back cover.
