| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 188) and index. |
| Contents |
The Unicorn and the Orient -- The Classical Inheritance -- Biblical Texts -- Industrious Theologians -- "Physiologus Says ..." -- Pictorial Art in the Middle Ages -- The Unicorn and the Huntsmen -- The Sacred Hunt -- The Gyrstinge Altar Frontal and Danish Mural Paintings -- The Unicorn of the Troubadours -- The Flemish Tapestries -- The Lady with the Unicorn -- The Chase -- Man Takes Centre Stage -- The Renaissance -- King of the Wilderness -- Shield and Seal -- "When Someone Makes a Journey ..." -- Science on the March -- The One-toothed Monoceros -- The Modern Problem. |
| Summary |
"The unicorn has been a much-loved subject of artists in both Eastern and Western cultures, gracing illuminated manuscripts, ceramics, coats of arms, tapestries, and paintings. This wide-ranging cultural history traces the remarkable interpretations and myths that have grown up around the unicorn in art, science, religion, and literature."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Language |
Translated from the Danish. |
| Subject |
Unicorns.
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Unicorns in art.
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Civilization, Medieval.
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Unicorns in art. (OCoLC)fst01161302
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Civilization, Medieval. (OCoLC)fst00863049
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Unicorns. (OCoLC)fst01161301
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Gotfredsen, Lise, 1929- Unicorn. 1st ed. New York : Abbeville Press, ©1999 (OCoLC)607393416 |
| ISBN |
0789205955 |
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9780789205957 |
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