Symbols and Allegories in Art

$24.95 at The Getty Museum.

Matilde Battistini From antiquity, when the gods and goddesses were commonly featured in works of art, through the twentieth century, when Surrealists drew on archetypes from the unconscious, artists have embedded symbols in their works. The goal of this book is to provide contemporary readers and museum visitors with the tools to read the hidden meanings in works of art. This volume is thematically divided into four sections featuring symbols related to time, man, space (earth and sky), and allegories or…