The shell : five hundred million years of inspired design /

The shell : five hundred million years of inspired design /

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Presents a profusely illustrated introduction to shells. Includes a brief description of shell history, shell lore, and their influence on art.

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Hauptverfasser: Stix, Hugh (VerfasserIn), Stix, Marguerite (VerfasserIn), Abbott, R. Tucker (Robert Tucker), 1919-1995 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Landshoff, Herman, 1905-1986 (FotografIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, [1968]
Schlagworte:
Shells in art.
Shells > Pictorial works.
Illustrated works.
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Shells and man
  • Shells as an economic factor
  • A religious symbol
  • Pre-Columbian America
  • Middle ages: St. James and the scallop shell
  • Heraldry
  • The Renaissance
  • The late Renaissance and the Baroque
  • The eighteenth century: Rococo
  • The Victorian approach
  • The emerging science of malacology
  • The shell in the twentieth century.