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This fascinating book explains to the reader the multitude of symbolism present in Freemasonry, and discusses the truths, facts and legends behind the world's most famous 'secret' society. An excellent read both for members of the masonic movement and those interested in finding out more about its history, this book will answer many of your questions. It was originally published in 1882 and has now been converted and updated by Andrews UK especially for today's digital eBook platforms.

Freemasonry --- Symbolism.

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Northrop Frye describes the way symbols operate as media of exchange in literature, drawing examples from English literature in difference periods. Eva Kushner examines the increased freedom on expression possible to Renaissance poets because of the availability of a wider range of symbols. Poet and literary historian Douglas Jones probes the use of the railway as a distinctive symbol of both unity and alienation for English Canadians. Abraham Moles analyses the social impact of "dynamic myths" on social changes which break with established traditions. Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov discusses the function of symbols in the art of Van Gogh. James Leith examines the role of symbols in revolutionary movements, in particular the adaptation of the ancient symbol of the equilateral triangle. Anthony Storr discusses the vital role of symbols in the search for a sense of unity in life. Wilfred Cantwell-Smith considers various world religions as symbolic efforts to give ultimate meaning to life. In conclusion, Norman Mackenzie reflects on all the essays, drawing on his own command of modern literature and culture.

Arts --- Symbolism in art --- Symbolism

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Essays in this special focus constellate around the diverse symbolic forms in which Caribbean consciousness has manifested itself transhistorically, shaping identities within and without structures of colonialism and postcolonialism. Offering interdisciplinary critical, analytical and theoretical approaches to the objects of study, the book explores textual, visual, material and ritual meanings encoded in Caribbean lived and aesthetic practices.

Symbolism (Art movement) --- Art, Modern --- Caribbean. --- Symbolism.

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This study investigates the pictorial world of the medieval Vadstena Abbey church. The interior of the church was filled with altars and images that had the three separated groups of viewers in mind: the 60 nuns, the 25 conventual brothers and the numerous pilgrims coming to visit the shrine of Saint Birgitta. The pilgrims faced a pictorial message where the role of saint Birgitta was emphasized, but still one among all the other saints. The images directed to the nuns and the brothers accentuated the role of the Virgin Mary as the exemplarily follower of Christ. Furthermore, all the church interior was furnished to enhance the position of the nuns, i.e. that this monastic foundation was made primarily for women. Birgittinerna och deras bilder lägger fram resultat från flera forskningsprojekt om det senmedeltida klostret i Vadstena av konstvetaren Eva Lindqvist Sandgren. Det presenterade materialet grundar sig på studier om nunnornas boktillverkning och deras textilproduktion, samt en undersökning av de skilda bildsfärer som olika kyrkobesökare/brukare kunde ta del av (eller var utestängda från) genom kyrkorummets uppdelning i tre tydligt separerade rumsliga enheter: nunnornas upphöjda och inhägnade korläktare, klosterbrödernas kor och läktargångar samt lekfolkets kringgärdade yta i mitten av det stora kyrkorummet. Författaren använder sig av ett material som spänner från stort till smått, från kyrkans kalkstensmurar och ända ned till stygnnivå i broderierna.

Christian art and symbolism

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"Die Wiederholung des in Antike und Barock verankerten Vanitas-Motivs in der Kultur der Gegenwart mag anachronistisch anmuten. Dabei passt sie nicht nur zu einer Reihe anderer, aktueller Praxen, Vanitas thematisiert selbst bereits Wiederholung als das, was dann erst seit dem 19. Jahrhundert kontrovers diskutiert wurde: dass sie eine zentrale Rolle bei der Verhandlung von Identität, bei der Situierung des Selbst in der Geschichte, bei der Wiederkehr und Transformation des Verdrängen und Verschütteten oder der Beurteilung des Selben im Anderen spielt. All das zeigt sich, sobald eine Auseinandersetzung mit der Wiederholung der Vanitas - dem zumindest in der westlichen Kultur zentralen Entwurf über Vergänglichkeit und Vergeblichkeit - aus philosophischer, kulturtheoretischer, psychoanalytischer sowie kunst-und literaturwissenschaftlicher Sicht unternommen und überdies mit fernöstlichen Vorstellungen konfrontiert wird. Aktuelle Bearbeitungen der Vanitas positionieren sich selbstreflexiv, kritisch und politisch; damit entfalten sie Potenziale des Motivs, die immer schon angelegt waren, aber womöglich erst jetzt realisierungsbedürftig sind." Vanitas does not just address ephemerality but also the relationship of the self to history; it negotiates identity and positions itself both self-critically and politically. In which contexts does contemporary culture take up this established motif of antiquity and the early modern period? Interdisciplinary considerations show how productive it can be to answer this question by reflecting on it in light of discussions about repetition.

Symbolism in art