Trading Places: An Introduction to Zoomorphism and Anthropomorphism in Chinese Art

Autor: Jerome Silbergeld
Rok vydání: 2017
Zdroj: The Zoomorphic Imagination in Chinese Art and Culture ISBN: 9780824872564
Popis: Zoomorphism: by whatever name, it has been a part of the human imagination and the visual arts throughout our history, from Egyptian and Assyrian reliefs to Donald Duck, Wile E. Coyote, Pogo Possum, and Maus. The word itself means more than one thing, as does its correlate, anthropomorphism. Its early use involved attributing animal characteristics to deities, as with the Egyptian jackal-headed funerary god Anubis, the composite Chinese ...
Databáze: OpenAIRE