Back to results
Cover image for book The Life Of Symbols

The Life Of Symbols

By:Mary Lecron Foster; Lucy Botscharow
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Print ISBN:9780367293567
eText ISBN:9781000302998
Edition:1
Copyright:1990
Format:Reflowable

eBook Features

Instant Access

Purchase and read your book immediately

Read Offline

Access your eTextbook anytime and anywhere

Study Tools

Built-in study tools like highlights and more

Read Aloud

Listen and follow along as Bookshelf reads to you

This volume considers the role of analogy in symbol formation, with reference to bodily process. It focuses on symbols and symbolic structures that can be traced over millenia and across geographical distance and addresses the beginnings of figurative art in the Upper Paleolithic cave paintings.