Signs and Symbols - SemioticSigns.com
Signs and Symbols - SemioticSigns.com
Signs and Symbols - SemioticSigns.com
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SIGNS&WMBOLS<br />
fdentification <strong>and</strong> analysis of the visual vocabulary that formulates<br />
our thoughts <strong>and</strong> dictates our reactions to the world around us<br />
A fascinating guide to hundreds of symbols, signs <strong>and</strong> ideographs, illustrated<br />
with photographs, artworks, diagrams <strong>and</strong> drawings, <strong>and</strong> presented with<br />
authoritative text, <strong>com</strong>mentary <strong>and</strong> definitions<br />
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Lavish illustration reflects how signs <strong>and</strong> symbols have been interpreted <strong>and</strong><br />
represented through thous<strong>and</strong>s of years of aft, mythology <strong>and</strong> religion, from<br />
the Babvlonians <strong>and</strong> Sumerians to the modern world<br />
An erudite, accessible text."pt"i.rr, decodes <strong>and</strong> categ orizesthe signs,<br />
including in-depth analysis of some of the most important symbols of all, such<br />
as the wheel, the cross, the gateway, the rainbour, the dragon <strong>and</strong> the sun<br />
Contains a directory of over 1000 i[rrrtr"tions of iconographic symbols, in<br />
addition to hundreds of colour images featuring these primal metaphors<br />
ISBN-1 3: 978-1 -84477-668-9<br />
ISBN-1 0: 1 -821477-668-9<br />
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