I'm looking for a book of symbols. I'm an artist and a writer and I would like to incorporate more symbolism into my work. Is there a book that has a fairly ehhaustive number of symbols dran and explained in it? I've found several books on symbols that are text heavy and don't include a lot of images and I've seen several that have inages, but not a lot of them.
2006-10-25 01:04:48 · 2 answers · asked by roentgenologist08 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Other - Visual Arts
Joseph Campbell wrote a well known book about man and his symbols, which is a book I would highly recommend for you. I know that you don't want "text heavy" books, but if you are going to use symbols in your art, it would be a good idea to know as much as possible about what those symbols mean and imply.... after all that is their real power.
2006-10-25 03:58:15 · answer #1 · answered by domangelo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The encyclopedia of Magic and Alchemy. Many alchemy books depict hundreds of symbols from this (almost) lost pseudo-science, and many of those images are disturbing or fascinating.
2006-10-25 08:45:42 · answer #2 · answered by moore850 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋