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Beschreibung:

224 S.; zahlr. Illustr.; 25 cm. Farb. illustr. Originalhalbleinenband.

Bemerkung:

Sehr gutes Exemplar. - Englisch. - INHALT : PROLOGUE Man & Dolphin: Species in Harmony ---- MYTHS, LEGENDS, & THE ORIGINS ---- OF DOLPHIN LORE ---- The Boy on a Dolphin <- Avion & the Dolphin ---- GODS & DOLPHINS ---- Cupid on a Dolphin > A Raphaeksque Interlude ' ---- A Mannerist 'Dolphinarium'' Venus & Cupid with a Dolphin" ---- Neptune & the Dolphin - Neptune's Marine Family: Amphitrite ---- & Triton / Oceanus' Thetis <- The Nereids' Galatea' Fortune' ---- Europa ---- Dionysus & the Pirates ---- The Dolphin 'Psychopompos' ---- Apollo, God of the Sun ---- THE SYMBOLIC DOLPHIN: ---- EMBLEMS, HERALDRY, & ATTRIBUTES ---- The Trident' The Anchor' The Dolphin in Early Christian & Renaissance Art' Heraldry, & the Dauphins of France ---- > Venice, from 'ha Serenissima Repubblica'to 'Hello Venezia' / Venetian Decorative Arts ' 'Rule Britannia1.' ---- FOUNTAINS & FURNITURE: ---- THE DOLPHIN IN A SUPPORTING ROLE ---- Fountains <Dolphins in Furniture & the Decorative Arts ---- EPILOGUE The Thames, the Hudson, & the Dolphin ---- Dolphins in Literature ---- Further Reading and Sources ---- Acknowledgments for Illustrations ---- Index. ISBN 9780500238615