The Sinister Side: How Left-Right Symbolism Shaped Western Art
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The Sinister Side is the first book to detail the richness and subtlety of left-right symbolism since the Renaissance, and to show how it was a catalyst for some of the greatest works of visual art from Leonardo and Michelangelo to Rembrandt and Picasso. Traditionally, the left side was
regarded as evil, weak, and worldly, but with the Renaissance, artists began to represent the left side as the side that represented authentic human feelings and...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0199230862
ISBN13:9780199230860
Release Date:December 2008
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"
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