Dictionary of Symbols

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This fascinating volume provides valuable information on the functions, meanings, history, and systems of graphic symbols, from the beginnings of human life and civilization to the present. It includes approximately 1,500 entries of old and new Western non-iconic graphic symbols, with each sign's history and meaning and the systems in which it is used, along with cross-references to other signs with the same meaning and to structurally similar signs with other meanings. Also provided are discussions on Western ideograms, ranging from definitions of signs, symbols, and meanings to such topics as the signs of the alchemists, astrological signs, and the systems of signs used by hobos in Sweden, England, and the United States. Two indexes make looking up a symbol or meaning as easy as looking up a word in a dictionary: a Word Index for locating signs with a given name or meaning or for finding information on ideographic terms and concepts and a Graphic Index for locating... Tovább

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This fascinating volume provides valuable information on the functions, meanings, history, and systems of graphic symbols, from the beginnings of human life and civilization to the present. It includes approximately 1,500 entries of old and new Western non-iconic graphic symbols, with each sign's history and meaning and the systems in which it is used, along with cross-references to other signs with the same meaning and to structurally similar signs with other meanings. Also provided are discussions on Western ideograms, ranging from definitions of signs, symbols, and meanings to such topics as the signs of the alchemists, astrological signs, and the systems of signs used by hobos in Sweden, England, and the United States. Two indexes make looking up a symbol or meaning as easy as looking up a word in a dictionary: a Word Index for locating signs with a given name or meaning or for finding information on ideographic terms and concepts and a Graphic Index for locating symbols based on their structural features.
Dictionary of Symbols will prove immensely useful both as a reference on Western cultural history and as a key professional tool for those working with ideograms, including logotype and trademark designers, advertising professionals, interior designers, and researchers, teachers, and students in communications, art, and art history. Vissza