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From the time of the earliest cave paintings, artists have been compelled to create likenesses of snakes. Authors Marilyn Nissenson and Susan Jonas have collected the best of those likenesses in Snake Charm, an elegant, absorbing compendium of snake iconography and lore throughout recorded history.
In text and images, the authors explore the paradox of the snake, a creature that inspires as much fascination as fear. The themes are grand: good and evil, seduction and betrayal, death and rebirth. The 157 illustrations - 138 of them in color - are magnificent: Minoan goddesses and medieval dragons, Rococo silver and Lalique pendants, nineteenth-century American pottery and contemporary Mexican folk sculpture, scientific drawings and Australian aboriginal "dream" paintings, and much more. The result is a lively and informative book on a provocative subject.
A selected bibliography and index round out this compelling volume, which will startle, astound, intrigue, and entice people to confront their ideas about a creature they thought (or hoped) they could ignore.
In text and images, the authors explore the paradox of the snake, a creature that inspires as much fascination as fear. The themes are grand: good and evil, seduction and betrayal, death and rebirth. The 157 illustrations - 138 of them in color - are magnificent: Minoan goddesses and medieval dragons, Rococo silver and Lalique pendants, nineteenth-century American pottery and contemporary Mexican folk sculpture, scientific drawings and Australian aboriginal "dream" paintings, and much more. The result is a lively and informative book on a provocative subject.
A selected bibliography and index round out this compelling volume, which will startle, astound, intrigue, and entice people to confront their ideas about a creature they thought (or hoped) they could ignore.
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This compendium of snake iconography and lore from ancient times to the present is similar in format to the authors' The Ubiquitous Pig (LJ 12/92). This book is heavily illustrated with works of art?depicting serpents and dragons in their many mythological roles?as well as realistic renderings by naturalists. The excellent illustrations include a wide range of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and jewelry with snake motifs. The text provides a running narrative of the snake's role as a symbol of good and evil in the human consciousness (natural history of snakes is not included). Always fascinating, this book is a good addition to general art collections, mythology collections, and science collections needing works on animal lore.?Constance Ashmore Fairchild, formerly with Univ. of Illinois Lib., Urbana-Champaign
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- PublisherHarry N Abrams Inc
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0810944561
- ISBN 13 9780810944565
- BindingHardcover
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- Number of pages160
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. First Edition. From the time of the earliest cave paintings, artists have been compelled to create likenesses of snakes. Authors Marilyn Nissenson and Susan Jonas have collected the best of those likenesses in Snake Charm, an elegant, absorbing compendium of snake iconography and lore throughout recorded history.In text and images, the authors explore the paradox of the snake, a creature that inspires as much fascination as fear. The themes are grand: good and evil, seduction and betrayal, death and rebirth. The 157 illustrations - 138 of them in color - are magnificent: Minoan goddesses and medieval dragons, Rococo silver and Lalique pendants, nineteenth-century American pottery and contemporary Mexican folk sculpture, scientific drawings and Australian aboriginal "dream" paintings, and much more. The result is a lively and informative book on a provocative subject.A selected bibliography and index round out this compelling volume, which will startle, astound, intrigue, and entice people to confront their ideas about a creature they thought (or hoped) they could ignore. Seller Inventory # DADAX0810944561
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