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9783791376127: Unicorn: The Mythical Beast in Art
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ISBN 10: 3791376128 ISBN 13: 9783791376127
Verlag: Prestel Verlag, 2025

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Take a journey through art history with legend's most popular creature.

The unicorn has stimulated the imagination like no other animal. It has been documented in many cultures for centuries. Fascination with it continues to this day. While it might have been appropriated as a cute toy or pop culture icon, the history of the unicorn as a symbol is profound and multi-layered―in Western and non-European art, in religion and mythology, in literature, natural science, and medicine. Contributions by Adrien Bossard, Béatrice de Chancel-Bardelot, Barbara Drake Boehm, Séverine Lepape, Michael Philipp, Annabelle Ténèze and Stefan Trinks trace the unicorn back to the ancient world, to medieval manuscripts, altarpieces, sculptures, cabinets of curiosities, and tapestries. Since the nineteenth century, artists such as Arnold Böcklin, René Magritte, and Rebecca Horn have rediscovered the mythical creature for themselves. For the first time, this publication presents a comprehensive summary of the unicorn’s artistic journey from the second millennium BCE to the present day, situating it in the context of art and cultural history.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Béatrice de Chancel-Bardelot is Chief Curator of the Musée de Cluny in Paris, France.

Séverine Lepape is Director of the Musée de Cluny in Paris, France.

Michael Philipp is Chief Curator at the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany.

Nerina Santorius is Curator and Head of Impressionism at the Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Germany.

Ortrud Westheider is Director of the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany.

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Take a journey through art history with legend's most popular creature.

The unicorn has stimulated the imagination like no other animal. It has been documented in many cultures for centuries. Fascination with it continues to this day.

While it might have been appropriated as a cute toy or pop culture icon, the history of the unicorn as a symbol is profound and multi-layered-- in Western and non-European art, in religion and mythology, in literature, natural science, and medicine.

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Verlag
Prestel Verlag
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3791376128
ISBN 13 
9783791376127
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
400
Herausgeber
De Chancel-Bardelot Béatrice, Lepape Séverine, Philipp Michael, Santorius Nerina, Westheider Ortrud
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