Imaginary Animals

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Imaginary Animals
155,00 lei

Categorii: Necatalogate

Limba: Engleza

Data publicării: 2022

Editura: Reaktion Books

Tip copertă: Paperback

Nr Pag: 278

ISBN: 9781789145458

Dimensiuni: l: 19cm | H: 25cm

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Imaginary Animals
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'A thought-provoking analysis of bestial creations, this illustrated compendium scrutinizes artistic and literary models, ranging from Chauvet cave art from 36,000 BCE to political cartoons, graphic Japanese novels, and postmodern robotics . . . Recommended.' - Choice

'A well illustrated and philosophically sophisticated book.' - World of Interiors

Tales throughout the world generally place fabulous beasts in marginal locations - deserts, deep woods, remote islands, glaciers, ocean depths, mountain peaks, caves, swamps, heavenly bodies and alternate universes. Legends tell us that imaginary animals belong to a primordial time, before we had encompassed the world with names, categories and scientific knowledge.
This book traces the history of imaginary animals from Palaeolithic art to the Harry Potter stories, and beyond. It shows how imagined creatures help us psychologically, giving form to our subconscious fears as 'monsters', as well as embodying our hopes as 'wonders'. Nevertheless, their greatest service may be to continually challenge our imaginations, directing us beyond the limitations of our conventional beliefs and expectations.

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