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Offers an illustrated compendium of the menagerie of imaginary animals that humans have conjured up over the ages. This book take us on a journey through five thousand years of art, examining the symbolic meanings of such creatures and what they say about the unconscious life of the human mind.

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"This lovely presentation of dragons and other imaginary beasts found in art all over the world makes it clear that humans have an almost innate facility for creating a pretend nature... [A] beautiful book."--Toronto Globe and Mail

Table of Contents
Introduction 7 CHAPTER ONE: Symbols, Dreams, Religions 17 CHAPTER TWO: Inventing a Bestiary 45 CHAPTER THREE: Unicorns and Human Hybrids 75 CHAPTER FOUR: Flying Quadrupeds and Dragons 113 CHAPTER FIVE: Influences or Coincidences? 143 CHAPTER SIX: The Fantastic Today 175 Conclusion 191 Bibliography 195 Acknowledgments 197 Index 198 Photograghy Credits 200

Here Be Dragons

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    A Hardback by Ariane Delacampagne, Christian Delacampagne

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 12 October 2003
      ISBN-13 9780691116891
      978-0691116891
      ISBN-10 069111689X
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      The arts: general topics

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers an illustrated compendium of the menagerie of imaginary animals that humans have conjured up over the ages. This book take us on a journey through five thousand years of art, examining the symbolic meanings of such creatures and what they say about the unconscious life of the human mind.

      Trade Review
      "This lovely presentation of dragons and other imaginary beasts found in art all over the world makes it clear that humans have an almost innate facility for creating a pretend nature... [A] beautiful book."--Toronto Globe and Mail

      Table of Contents
      Introduction 7 CHAPTER ONE: Symbols, Dreams, Religions 17 CHAPTER TWO: Inventing a Bestiary 45 CHAPTER THREE: Unicorns and Human Hybrids 75 CHAPTER FOUR: Flying Quadrupeds and Dragons 113 CHAPTER FIVE: Influences or Coincidences? 143 CHAPTER SIX: The Fantastic Today 175 Conclusion 191 Bibliography 195 Acknowledgments 197 Index 198 Photograghy Credits 200

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