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Symbol and Myth: Humbert de Superville's Essay on Absolute Signs in Art

Symbol and Myth: Humbert de Superville's Essay on Absolute Signs in Art

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Book Notes: Grey cloth boards in very good condition; binding tight. Pages clean and in great shape. Dust jacket shows moderate wear: chipping at the spine ends, rubbing and soiling, mostly to the lower front and rear panels. Pencil bookseller notes on the front free endpaper. University of Delaware Press / Associated University Presses, Cranbury, NJ and London; copyright 1979. LCCN 76-19842.

Author(s): Barbara Maria Stafford

Publication year: 1979

Binding: Hardcover

Language: English

Publisher: University of Delaware Press

Condition: Very Good
ISBN: 9780874131208

Barbara Maria Stafford's study of the Dutch artist and theorist David Pierre Giottino Humbert de Superville (1770-1849) and his Essai sur les signes inconditionnels dans l'art, published in parts from 1827 to 1832. It examines his ideas on expression, physiognomy, sign theory and the links between line and color, and places him within Romantic thought and the period's interest in ancient and non-Western cultures. Illustrated with 104 figures, many previously unpublished.

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    (A) Excellent
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    (F) As Is
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