Symbols: A Handbook for Seeing

by Mark Fox and Angie Wang

Book Overview

A new pictorial reference book for artists and designers, with over 400 images from sources ranging from Greco-Roman art to Benjamin Franklin and Wes Anderson - Symbols offers a fresh approach to understanding symbolism in the visual arts.

Symbols are embedded everywhere in our global visual culture, from oil paintings to biscuit packaging, monuments to mass-produced ashtrays. Designers and California College of the Arts instructors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580934722
• ISBN13: 9781580934725
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Monacelli Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.4" x 10.6"