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RECORD NUMBER: 19 OF 21| Main Title | The shell : five hundred million years of inspired design / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Stix, Hugh, ; Stix, Marguerite ; Abbott, Robert Tucker | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1968 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 00437537 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Shells in art ; Shells--Pictorial works ; Zoologia Geral | |||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | Shells--Pictorial works | |||||||||||
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| Collation | 106 unnumbered pages, 188 pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), mounted photographs ; 28 x 30 cm | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Shells and man -- Shells as an economic factor -- A religious symbol -- Pre-Columbian America -- Middle ages: St. James and the scallop shell -- Heraldry -- The Renaissance -- The late Renaissance and the Baroque -- The eighteenth century: Rococo -- The Victorian approach -- The emerging science of malacology -- The shell in the twentieth century. Presents a profusely illustrated introduction to shells. Includes a brief description of shell history, shell lore, and their influence on art. |