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Author:
Müller, Axel, author.
Title:
Mermaids : art, symbolism and mythology / Axel Müller, Christopher Halls, Ben Williamson.
Publisher:
University of Exeter Press,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
viii, 158 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm
Subject:
Mermaids.
Mermaids in art.
Mermaids in literature.
Mermaids.
Mermaids in art.
Mermaids in literature.
Other Authors:
Halls, Christopher, author.
Williamson, Ben, author.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-147) and index.
Contents:
6. Mermaids rationalized: evolutionary theory confronts the fantastic. 2. Mermaids conceived: hybrid goddesses and beasts in antiquity -- 3. Christian adaptations in the Romanesque to Baroque eras -- 4. Mermaid passions: obsessive fixation in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century art -- 5. Mermaids everywhere: postwar commercialization and trivialization -- 6. Mermaids rationalized: evolutionary theory confronts the fantastic.
ISBN:
1804130036
9781804130032
Locations:
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

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