Signs, Symbols, and Allegories in Painting

Signs, Symbols, and Allegories in Painting

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Violet and pomegranate, unicorn and dog, bull and lion, parrot and peacock, scales and pearl, cornucopia and mirror, the sign "Mirror of Venus" and the Christian sign "ichthys"…
How often do we see such signs and symbols in the paintings of... famous masters without even realizing that these images have an additional meaning, different from their own superficial one? The meanings of signs and symbols are almost impossible to accidentally "decode"; they need to be known.
And this will help you with the new book by Natalia Kortunova — a renowned art historian, senior researcher at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, curator of several exhibitions at the museum.

Author: Наталья Кортунова

Printhouse: AST

Series: Large Gift Book

Age restrictions: 12+

Year of publication: 2026

ISBN: 9785171798468

Number of pages: 224

Size: 289х217х25 mm

Cover type: hard

Weight: 1400 g

ID: 1731690

Violet and pomegranate, unicorn and dog, bull and lion, parrot and peacock, scales and pearl, cornucopia and mirror, the sign "Mirror of Venus" and the Christian sign "ichthys"…

How often do we see such signs and symbols in the paintings of famous masters without even realizing that these images have an additional meaning, different from their own superficial one? The meanings of signs and symbols are almost impossible to accidentally "decode"; they need to be known.

And this will help you with the new book by Natalia Kortunova — a renowned art historian, senior researcher at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, curator of several exhibitions at the museum.

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Will be delivered to United States on 24 February (Tu):

By courier

from € 38.94

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