The Uses of Symbolism, in Greek Art

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Excerpt from The Uses of Symbolism, in Greek Art: A Dissertation PresentedGreek art has been discussed in general and in detail by archaeologists, but whether the investigation has been from the categorical or aesthetic point of View, no one element of that art has been SO generally taken for granted and SO little analyzed as symbolism. Everyone accepts as unquestioned the assumption that personification occurs in Greek art and that gods were known by their attributes Zeus by his thunderbolt), but up to the present time little has been done in classifying the various kinds of symbolism or in indicating What use was made of symbols by the Greek artist and artisan.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.