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Publisher
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
Can decorative objects increase one's wealth, happiness, or longevity? Traditionally, many Chinese have believed that they could?provided they include the appropriate auspicious symbols. In Hidden meanings in Chinese Art Asian Art Museum Curator Terese Tse Bartholomew, culminating decades of research, has provided a thorough guide to such symbols. Auspicious symbols in Chinese art are often in the form of rebuses?visual puns. Because many words in...
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Series
Publisher
Grupo Ed. Tomo
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
Español
Description
Este libro es una referencia del arte corporal de tatuaje y de los artistas. Como guía, brindará a estos el conocimiento de los principios y técnicas necesarias para un buen tatuaje, y les presentará un amplio rango de personajes y temas para reproducir iconografía tradicional y símbolos modernos.
A complete reference guide for body artists, illustrating the essential techniques of tattoo art and providing stylish designs on a range of subjects,...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"One of the most significant works on our evolutionary ancestry since Richard Leakey's paradigm-shattering Origins, The First Signs is the first-ever exploration of the little-known geometric images that accompany most cave art around the world--the first indications of symbolic meaning, intelligence, and language. Imagine yourself as a caveman or woman. The place: Europe. The time: 25,000 years ago, the last Ice Age. In reality, you live in an open-air...
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