The strength of the look. Eyes in mythology and iconography
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A rich set of ideas and beliefs associated with eyes and vision determines many mythological plots and motives, ritual rites and ritualized practices, visual canons and strategies for handling sacred images. The collection is dedicated to the eyes in mythology and iconography, ideas about view and vision, as well as categories of visibility and invisibility. The works included in the collection demonstrate how these ideas function in different traditions and in different languages of culture (folklore, literature, visual images).
For experts and students in the field of folklore, history, social and cultural anthropology, religious studies, as well as a wide range of readers
For experts and students in the field of folklore, history, social and cultural anthropology, religious studies, as well as a wide range of readers
Cover:
Cover:Soft
Category:
- Category:Arts & Photography
- Category:Culture
- Category:Reference books
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Series:
Series: Tradition - Tradition - Tradition Text - folklore. Typology and semiotics
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-7281-2312-5
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