The Hutchinson dictionary of symbols in art / Sarah Carr-Gomm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carr-Gomm, Sarah.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Dictionaries.

Art.

Signs and symbols--Dictionaries.

Signs and symbols.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Other Title:

Dictionary of symbols in Western art

Dictionary of symbols in art

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Helicon ; London : Duncan Baird Publishers, 2005.

Summary:

A-Z dictionary of the religious and mythological themes and symbols that have influenced Western painting and sculpture.

Contents:

Intro

The Hutchinson Dictionary of Symbols in Art

Preface

Table of contents

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Z

Aaron

Abraham

absinthe

abstinence

Abundance

Academy

Achilles

Actaeon

Adam and Eve

Adonis

Aeneas

Aesculapius

Agatha, St

ages of man

Ages of the World

Agnes, St

Agrippina

Ajax

Alcestis

alchemy

Alexander (III) the Great (356 BC-323 BC)

almond

Italian mandorle,

alpha and omega

Amalthea

Amazons

Ambrose, St (c. 340-397)

Andrew, St (Apostle, Disciple) (lived 1st century AD)

Andrians

Angelica

angels

Angelus

animals

Anna, St

or Anne,

Ansanus, St (died c. 304)

Anthony of Padua, St (1195-1231)

Anthony, St (251-356)

Antiochus and Stratonice

Antiope

Apelles (lived 4th century BC)

apes and monkeys

apocalypse

Apollo

Apollonia, St

Apostles

apple

Aquinas, St Thomas (1225-1274)

Arachne

Arcadia

Archimedes (287 BC-212 BC)

architecture

Arethusa

Ariadne

Arion

Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC)

armour

arrow

Artemisia

Arthur

ass

Astarte

Astraea

Atalanta

Atlas

Attila the Hun (c. 406-453)

Attis

Augustine of Hippo, St (354-430)

Augustus (63 BC-AD 14)

Aurora

Babel, Tower of

Bacchus

Barbara, St

bare feet

Barnabas, St (lived 1st century AD)

Bartholomew, St (lived 1st century AD)

Bathsheba

Bavo, St (c. 589-654)

bean king

bees, beehives, and honey

beggars

Belisarius (c. 505-565)

Bellerophon

Belshazzar

Benedict, St (c. 480-547)

Benjamin

Bernardino, St (1380-1444)

Bernard of Clairvaux, St (1090-1153)

birds

Blaise, St (died c. 316)

blindness and blindfolds

Bonaventura, St (1221-1274)

book of hours.

Borromeo, St Charles (1538-1584)

bread

breasts

Bruno, St (1033-1101)

Brutus, Lucius Junius

Brutus, Marcus Junius (c. 85 BC-42 BC)

bubble

bull

butterfly

Cadmus

caduceus

Caenis

Caesar

Cain and Abel

Callisto

Calumny

Cambyses, Judgement of

camel

Camillus, Marcus Furius (lived 4th century BC)

candle

cards

carpenter

Cassandra

cassone

Castor and Pollux

cat

Catherine of Alexandria, St (lived 4th century)

Catherine of Siena, St (c.1347-1380)

Cato, Marcus Porcius (95 BC-46 BC)

Cecilia, St

centaur

centurion

Cephalus and Procris

Cerberus

Ceres

chains

chariot

Charity

Charon

chastity

cherry

Chimera

chi rho

Christina, St

Christ, life of

The Nativity and Adoration

The baptism and calling of the disciples

Compassion and forgiveness

Christ's teachings

The miracles

Beginning of the Passion

Christopher, St

Cimon and Iphigenia

Cimon and Pero

Cincinnatus

Circe

circle

Clare of Assisi, St (c. 1194-1253)

Claudia

Clement, St (died c. 101)

Cleopatra (68 BC-30 BC)

Cloelia

club

Clytie

cock

Cockaigne, Land of

coins

colours

column

comb

commedia dell'arte

compasses

Concord

Constantine the Great (c. 274-337)

continents

coral

Coresus

corn

Cornelia

cornucopia

Coronis

Cosmas and Damian, Sts

crane

Creation

Crispin and Crispinian, Sts

crocodile

crocus

crook

cross

crow

crucifix

crutch

Cunegunda, St (died 1033)

Cupid

Curtius, Marcus

Cybele

cypress

Cyrus the Great

Cythera

Damocles (lived 4th century BC)

Danaë

Danaïds

Daniel

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)

Daphne

Daphnis and Chloe

David

Death

Deceit

degli Onesti, Nastagio

Democritus and Heraclitus

Denis, St.

or Dionysius of Paris,

Dentatus, Marius Curius (lived 3rd century BC)

Descent into Hell

Deucalion and Pyrrha

Diana

dice

Diogenes of Sinope (c. 412 BC-323 BC)

Dionysius the Areopagite

doctor

dog

Dominic, St (1170-1221)

Don Quixote

Dorothea, St (died c. 303)

dove

dragon

eagle

Echo

egg

elephant

Eligius, St, or Eloi (c. 588-660)

Elijah

Elisha

Elizabeth of Hungary, St (1207-1231)

Endymion

Envy

equestrian monument

Erasmus, St (died c. 303)

or Elmo or Ermo,

Erichthonius

Eris

ermine

Esther

Euclid

Europa

Eustace, St (died 118)

Evangelists

eyes

Ezekiel

Fabricius, Luscinus Gaius

Fame

fasces

Fates

Latin Parcae,

Faunus and fauns

feasts of the gods

Felicity, St (died 165)

fertility

fête champêtre

or fête galante,

Fidelity

fig leaf

Fina, St (1238-1253)

fish

five senses

flag

Flora

flowers

fools and folly

Fortuna

fountain

Four Crowned Martyrs

four elements

Francis of Assisi, St (c. 1181-1226)

Francis Xavier, St (1506-1552)

fruit

Furies

Gabriel

Galatea

Ganymede

garden

Geminianus, St (lived 4th century)

Geneviève, St (c. 420-500)

genre

George, St

giant

Gideon

Giles, St

Glaucus and Scylla

globe

goat

God

gods and goddesses of classical mythology

Graces

grammar

Granida and Daifilo

Gregory the Great, St (c. 540-604)

grotesque

Gualberto, St, Giovanni (c. 985-1073)

guilds of Florence

Gyges and King Candaules

Habakkuk

Hades

halo

hand

Hannibal (247 BC-182 BC)

Harpy

harvest

hate

heart

heaven

Hecate

Helena, St (c. 255-330)

Helen of Troy

Heliodorous

hell

Hercules

1. The Nemean Lion

2. The Lernean Hydra

3. The Arcadian Stag.

4. The Erymanthian Boar

5. The Augean Stables

6. The Stymphalian Birds

7. The Cretan Bull

8. The Horses of Diomedes

9. The Girdle of Hippolyta

10. The Oxen of Geryon

11. The Apples of the Hesperides

12. Cerberus

Hercules and Eurytion

Hercules and Hesione

Hercules and Cacus

Hercules and Antaeus

Hercules and Omphale

Hercules at the Crossroads

Hercules and Achelous

Hercules and Nessus

The Apotheosis of Hercules

herm

Hermaphroditus and Salmacis

Hermes Trismegistus

Hero and Leander

Herse

Hippolytus

history

Holy Family

Homer

Horatii and Curiatii

Horatius Cocles

Hubert, St (died 727)

hunting

Hyacinthus

Hylas and the nymphs

Hymen

Icarus and Daedalus

IHS

impresa

INRI

intemperance

Io

Iphigenia

Iris

Isaiah

ivy

Ixion

Jacob

James (died c. 62)

called 'the Less',

James, St (died AD 44)

called 'the Great',

Janus

Jason and the Argonauts

Jephthah

Jeremiah

Jeroboam

Jerome, St (c. 342-420)

Jezebel

Joachim and Anna

Job

John Chrysostom, St (c. 347-407)

John the Baptist, St (died c. 30)

John the Evangelist, St (lived 1st century AD)

Jonah

Joseph

Joseph of Arimathea

Joshua

Judas Iscariot

Jude, St (lived 1st century AD)

Judith and Holofernes

Julian the Hospitaller, St

Juno

Jupiter

Justina of Antioch, St (lived 3rd century)

Justina of Padua, St

Juventas

lamb

Lamentation

lamps, lanterns, and lights

landscape

Laocoön

Last Judgement

Latona

laurel

Lawrence, St (died 258)

Leda

Leonard, St

Leonidas

Leviathan

Liberal Arts

Liberale, St

lily

lion

Longinus, St (lived 1st century AD)

Loretto

Lot

Louis IX, St (1214-1270)

Louis of Toulouse, St (1274-1297).

Loyola, St, Ignatius (c. 1491-1556)

Lucretia

Lucy, St (died c. 304)

Luke, St

luxury

Maccabees

Manlius Torquatus

Man of Sorrows

Marat, Jean-Paul (1743-1793)

Marcus Sextus

Margaret of Antioch, St

Margaret of Cortona, St (c. 1247-1297)

Mark, St (died c. 74)

Mars

Marsyas

Martha

Martin of Tours, St (c. 315-397)

martyrs

Mary Magdalene (lived 1st century AD)

Mary of Egypt, St (lived 5th century)

mask

Matthew, St

Maurice

Medea

Medusa

melancholia

Meleager

Mercury

Michael, St

Midas

Milky Way

Milo of Croton (lived 6th century BC)

Minerva

Miniato, St

Minotaur

missal

Mithras

model

Monica, St (332-387)

Moon

Moses

The finding of Moses

The pharaoh's crown

The daughters of Jethro

The burning bush

The staff of Moses

The plagues of Egypt

Moses divides the Red Sea

The fall of manna

Moses strikes the rock

The victory over the Amalekites

The Ten Commandments

The golden calf

The brazen serpent

Mucius Scaevola

Mus, Decius

Muses

musical instruments

myrtle

Narcissus

Nemesis

Neptune

Nicholas, St

Nicodemus

Night

Niobe

Noah

nude

Numa Pompilius (lived 7th century BC)

nymphs

Oedipus

Olindo and Sophronia

olive

Ops

Orestes

Orion

Orpheus and Eurydice

oyster

palm

Pan

Pandora

Pantocrator

English all-ruling,

Paolo and Francesca

Paris

passion flower

Passion of Christ

Christ in Jerusalem

The Last Supper and betrayal

The trial of Christ

The Crucifixion, Deposition, and Entombment

The Resurrection and Ascension

Pastor Fido, Il

The Faithful Shepherd,

Patroclus

Paul, St (died c. 67)

Peace

peacock

Pegasus

pelican

Penelope

Perseus

Peter Martyr, St (1205-1252).

Peter, St (died AD 64).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-73148-6

9786610731480

OCLC:

551888937