The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols
Title | The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Serindia Publications, Inc. |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781932476033 |
Based on the author's previous publication The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs, this handbook contains an array of symbols and motifs, accompanied by succinct explanations. It provides treatment of the essential Tibetan religious figures, themes and motifs, both secular and religious.
Symbol, sword and shield
Title | Symbol, sword and shield PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Franklin Cooling |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Symbol, Sword, and Shield
Title | Symbol, Sword, and Shield PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Franklin Cooling (III) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Cooling completes his widely hailed trilogy on the extensive defenses of the nation's capital.
Signs & Symbols
Title | Signs & Symbols PDF eBook |
Author | George Oliver |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 350 |
Release | 2023-10-09 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3375165617 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1857.
The Symbol and the Sword, Washington D C , 1860-1865
Title | The Symbol and the Sword, Washington D C , 1860-1865 PDF eBook |
Author | Paul J. Sedgwick |
Publisher | |
Pages | 74 |
Release | 2011-07-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781258053345 |
In Three Volumes. Volume 1, The Symbol And The Sword; Volume 2, The Shield; Volume 3, Upper Potomac During The Civil War.
Illustrated Dictionary Of Symbols In Eastern And Western Art
Title | Illustrated Dictionary Of Symbols In Eastern And Western Art PDF eBook |
Author | James Hall |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 930 |
Release | 2018-05-04 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0429979568 |
"A Companion volume to James Hall’s perennial seller Dictionary of Subjects & Symbols in Art. which deals with the subject matter of Christian and Western art, the present volume includes the art of Egypt, the ancient Near East, Christian and classical Europe, India and the Far East. Flail explores the language of symbols in art showing how paintings, drawings and sculpture express man shades of meaning from simple, everyday hopes and fears to the profoundest philosophical and religious aspirations. The book explains and interprets symbols from many cultures, and over 600 illustrations clarify and complement the text. There are numbered references throughout the text to the sacred Iitcra-1 ture, myths and legends in which the symbols had their origins. Details of English translations of the works are in the bibliography. The book includes an appendix of the transcription of Chinese, notes and references, bibliography, chronological tables and index."
Symbol and Image in Celtic Religious Art
Title | Symbol and Image in Celtic Religious Art PDF eBook |
Author | Miranda Green |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2003-10-03 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1134893949 |
Radical new interpretation of Celts and their way of life