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The Secret Language of The Renaissance: Decoding the Hidden Symbolism of Italian Art by Richard Stemp (Hardcover, 2006)
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Renaissance artists had a habit of encoding meanings into symbols - everything from bee-hives to centaurs. Sometimes these meanings in paintings, sculptures, buildings and literature drew upon a traditional symbolic repertoire, but often a more esoteric meaning was encoded - perhaps a hidden political message or an expression of heretical faith. Richard Stemp leads us through a wealth of examples - more than 100 works of art - each shown in all its glory and then deconstructed, or decoded, to interpret the symbols it contains. For all those who relish secret symbolism and conspiracies as well as lovers of the art of Renaissance Italy, this book will instruct and delight in equal measure.Product Identifiers
PublisherWatkins Media
ISBN-139781844833078
eBay Product ID (ePID)86323031
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Secret Language of the Renaissance: Decoding the Hidden Symbolism of Italian Art
AuthorRichard Stemp
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
Number of Pages224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height300mm
Item Width234mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorRichard Stemp
Series TitleSecret Language S.
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 07 May, 2022
Beautiful, heavy, old-style coffee-table book
This deserves five stars because it is a fine thing of its kind. Unfortunately I think that these large, heavy books are old technology. It is far too heavy to hold and you have to put it on a table or whatever, to read it. The pictures are beautiful, some of the full-page ones are spectacular. A feature of this book is that there are pages de-coding the various elements that make up hidden stories or meanings. This is done through highlighting sections of the picture and surrounding the highlighted areas with explanatory notes. I personally enjoy knowledge served up in “bite-sized chunks” like this. There is also an interesting text in the usual format, which makes very enlightening reading. I don’t know enough about art history to know whether the book would please academics, but I have found it a good browse and pretty readable for this type of tome. My particular reason for buying the book is to use it to cut up for collage. The very lovely prints have brought me a lot of joy and will continue to do so - so many wonderful images I can use. The book is printed on a slightly satiny, thickish, heavy paper and for my collage purposes it poses a difficulty in that quite a lot of kinds of the usual glues for paper, don’t stick it because it is so smooth. The paper in question would also not be suitable for decoupage as it is too thick to get a smooth overall surface. I was really delighted to find a luxury item like this at such a reasonable price. In fact I own two copies.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
