The Sun - Madanjeet Singh
symbol of power and life
KORTE INHOUD
Inspiration of the sun in artworks.
Here, in more than 550 superb full-colour illustrations, many never before published is a glorious aray of sun-related works of art from major museums, libraries, archaeological sites, and sun temples throughout the globe.
This unique compendium will be read with pleasure by anyone interested in art, mythology, religion, anthropology, and, of course, the sun.
The mystery of the sun has been captured in drawings since the time of the first pagan artists, as seen in petroglyphs from Indonesia to Central Asia to the American Southwest, among other places. These circular, spiral, and other shapes are thought to have led to hieroglyphic writing and to the image of the halo as the symbol of spiritual luminosity. The inspiration of the sun can be seen in artworks from ancient Egyptian sculptures and classical Greek temples to Russian icons, Japanese paintings, Indian miniatures, ancient Chinese funerary art, and the paintings of the French Impressionists. In the decorative arts, sola...
Here, in more than 550 superb full-colour illustrations, many never before published is a glorious aray of sun-related works of art from major museums, libraries, archaeological sites, and sun temples throughout the globe.
This unique compendium will be read with pleasure by anyone interested in art, mythology, religion, anthropology, and, of course, the sun.
The mystery of the sun has been captured in drawings since the time of the first pagan artists, as seen in petroglyphs from Indonesia to Central Asia to the American Southwest, among other places. These circular, spiral, and other shapes are thought to have led to hieroglyphic writing and to the image of the halo as the symbol of spiritual luminosity. The inspiration of the sun can be seen in artworks from ancient Egyptian sculptures and classical Greek temples to Russian icons, Japanese paintings, Indian miniatures, ancient Chinese funerary art, and the paintings of the French Impressionists. In the decorative arts, sola...
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