Author: Klingender, Francis.
Title: ANIMALS IN ART AND THOUGHT to the end of the Middle Ages. Edited by Evelyn Antal and John Harthan.
Description: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1971. 1st Ed. 4to. xxviii + 580pp. Frontis., 306 b/w. ills. From the Library of Dr James Bynon, sl. shaken, otherwise good in chipped and sl. ragged price clipped d/w. lightly faded to spine. ¶ Arntzen F10. ‘A study of animals in art from prehistoric times to c.1500. Does not include Oriental art. Frequently uses Marxist and Freudian theories to explain the use of animals in art as symbols of society’s unconcious or hidden drives. A brief epilogue includes comments on later expamples, form the Renaissance to the end of the 19th century. Excellent illustrations; copious notes. Bibliography pp.540-64. General index; index of animals.

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