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Tracing their tracks : identification of Nordic styles from the early Middle Ages to the end of the Viking period / Peter Hupfauf.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hupfauf, Peter, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Symbolism in art--Scandinavia--History--To 1500.
- Symbolism in art.
- Art, Scandinavian--Themes, motives.
- Art, Scandinavian.
- Art and society--Scandinavia--History.
- Art and society.
- Scandinavia--Antiquities.
- Scandinavia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (214 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Understanding the relation of semiology to Western iconography is essential, as it is the element that, often unconsciously, influences perception in Western society. Scholars, such as Klaus Düwel with his outstanding knowledge of runic script, sometimes reach their limits if inscriptions are complemented with abstract images that may be accidental scratches or, on the other hand, a sign or signs indicating symbolic meaning. The detailed definition of the Medieval World by Margaret Clunies ...
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Conclusion; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 7, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-7993-2
- OCLC:
- 913091834
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