Iconography
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Iconography as Visible Religion [first Edition]
Iconography as Visible Religion [further Considerations]
Traditional African Iconography
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In the following excerpt, Simonds links Belarius, Guiderius, and Arviragus to the medieval myth and emblem tradition of Wild Men. The innate virtue of these three is in stark contrast to the villainy ...
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In the following excerpt, Hanna traces Pericles's spiritual evolution in terms of his increasing awareness of good and evil and his eventual understanding of what may be gained by patience and ...
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In the following excerpt, Sanford links the Renaissance connection between women's bodies and geography—evident in the iconography of Elizabeth I—to the wager plot in Cymbeline. S...
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In the following excerpt, Endel explicates the scatological, satanic, and melancholic associations evoked by the iconic stage image of the newly crowned Richard III meditating on his private schemes f...
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In the following excerpt, MacKenzie discusses different icons of life-in-death in Shakespeare's English history plays that support the themes of renewal and heroic succession. He calls particul...
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In the following excerpt, MacKenzie highlights the unconventional use of the mythic figures of Mars and the Hydra in 1 and 2 Henry IV and Henry V. He suggests that although the struggle between Hercul...
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In the following essay, Doebler examines Othello's last moments within the tradition of the art of dying well, with particular reference to popular iconography and devotional books. The critic ...
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In the following essay, Gellert maintains that the first half of Act V, scene i of Hamlet, while the prince meditates on Yorick's skull and jests with the gravediggers, serves as an emblematic ...
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In the following essay, Lyons discusses two emblematic episodes in Hamlet that feature Ophelia: her distribution of flowers (IV.v) and the scene where the prince encounters her as she walks about read...
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In the following excerpt, Bowers examines the structure and style of Lucrece and Titus Andronicus, and notes that in both Lucrece and Titus the social and political ramifications are emphasized in ext...
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The power and authority of a person or group of people was very important theme in Ancient Art. Power could be displayed in many methods. Changing the image of the body in size, beauty, youthfulness...
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Archaeologists diving into a lake in the crater of a snowcapped volcano found wooden scepters shaped like lightning bolts that match 500-year-old descriptions by Spanish priests and conquerors writ...
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AMSTERDAM, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A Dutch scholar has traced an
ancient royal seal back to the biblical figure Queen Jezebel,
based on a study of its engravings and symbols. After close scrutiny of th...
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Cairo (dpa) - The mummy of Hatshepsut, the most famous queen who
ruled ancient Egypt, has finally been verified via DNA and scanning
tests, Egypt's Minister of Culture Farou...
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In the first big-screen
casualty of the Hollywood writers strike, Columbia Pictures
said Friday it had postponed production on "Angels &
Demons," a prequel to its box-o...
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SISTERHOOD, INTERRUPTED: FROM RADICAL WOMEN TO GRRLS GONE WILDBy Deborah Siegel Palgrave Macmillan, 170 pages, $14.95Review By Linda Hirshman I’m having a very bad time with Debora...
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Hasbro Inc. struggled when the toy company tied its fortunes too closely to toys based on movies.But a movie based on its toys? That could be a different story.Hasbro is banking that the July 4 rel...
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Before I begin kvelling about From Filippo Lippi to Piero Della Francesca: Fra Carnevale and the Making of a Renaissance Master, an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, duty compels me to ...
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TEENAGE: THE CREATION OF YOUTH CULTURE By Jon Savage Viking, 549 pages, $29.95
Jon Savage’s breathtaking history of the punk movement in the United Kingdom, England’s Dreaming: Anarchy,...
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I’m furious with all these red-carpet celebs. No, I’m not talking about the reckless jail-bound rehab devotees. I kind of like them: Britney, Lindsay et al. are providing us all with a...
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Hooray for Celebrity Breakdowns: At Least Britney, Lindsay Et Al. Resist Siren Call of the Logo Wall
Iconography
Critical Essay by Peggy Muñoz Simonds
The Iconography of Power
