Sinister Side: How Left-Right Symbolism Shaped Western Art
by Hall, James
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- 0199230862
- ISBN 13
- 9780199230860
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Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. Cloth, xvi, 489 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "The Sinister Side is the first book to detail the richness and subtlety of left-right symbolism since the Renaissance, and to show how it was a catalyst for some of the greatest works of visual art from Leonardo and Michelangelo to Rembrandt and Picasso. Traditionally, the left side was regarded as evil, weak, and worldly, but with the Renaissance, artists began to represent the left side as the side that represented authentic human feelings and especially love. Writers including Lorenzo de' Medici, Michelangelo, and Winckelmann hailed the supreme moral and aesthetic beauty of the left side. Images of lovers foreground the left side of the body, emphasizing its refinement and sensitivity. In the late nineteenth century, with the rise of interest in the occult and in spiritualism, the left side becomes associated with the taboo and with the unconscious. James Hall's insightful discussion of left and right symbolism helps us to see how the self and the mind were perceived during these periods, and gives us a new key to understanding art in its social and intellectual context." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
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- Title
- Sinister Side: How Left-Right Symbolism Shaped Western Art
- Author
- Hall, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0199230862
- ISBN 13
- 9780199230860
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford and New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- COLLECTIBLE
- Bookseller catalogs
- European / 4. Renaissance; XXX / COLLECTIBLES; Aesthetics; European / 5. Baroque & Rococo;
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