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An edition of Snake charm (1995)

Snake charm

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From the time of the earliest cave paintings, artists have been compelled to create likenesses of snakes. Authors Marilyn Nissenson and Susan Jonas have collected the best of those likenesses in Snake Charm, an elegant, absorbing compendium of snake iconography and lore throughout recorded history.

In text and images, the authors explore the paradox of the snake, a creature that inspires as much fascination as fear. The themes are grand: good and evil, seduction and betrayal, death and rebirth. The 157 illustrations - 138 of them in color - are magnificent: Minoan goddesses and medieval dragons, Rococo silver and Lalique pendants, nineteenth-century American pottery and contemporary Mexican folk sculpture, scientific drawings and Australian aboriginal "dream" paintings, and much more.

The result is a lively and informative book on a provocative subject. A selected bibliography and index round out this compelling volume, which will startle, astound, intrigue, and entice people to confront their ideas about a creature they thought (or hoped) they could ignore.

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Publisher
H.N. Abrams
Language
English
Pages
160

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Snake charm
1995, H.N. Abrams
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 157) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
398.24/52796
Library of Congress
GR740 .N57 1995, GR740.N57 1995

The Physical Object

Pagination
160 p. :
Number of pages
160

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1116569M
Internet Archive
snakecharm0000niss
ISBN 10
0810944561
LCCN
94042669
OCLC/WorldCat
31656802
Library Thing
631845
Goodreads
1336709

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