Art of the english trade gun in north america, the
Auteur :
Bender, Nathan E.
Éditeur :
McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN :
9780786471157
Date de publication :
2 juil. 2018
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 0,9 cm
Poids :
227 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Designing symbolic meaning into ornamentation is a long-standing Western artistic tradition, a practice deeply rooted in classical Greek and Roman art. This volume directly addresses the question of why particular ornamental patterns of known symbolic significance were chosen by eighteenth century English gunmakers for Native American trade guns.