ISBN:
9781789148862
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 online resource (224 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
398.469
Kurzfassung:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. What Is a Griffin? Early Depictions from Ancient West Asia -- 2. Golden Griffins of Ancient Greece: From Image to Word -- 3. Sacred Griffins: Divine Partners and Symbols -- 4. Drinking with Griffins -- 5. The Art of War: Griffins on Weapons and Armour -- 6. Griffins on the Move: Depictions in Nomadic Central Asia -- 7. Guardian Griffins -- 8. In the Halls of Power: Griffins in Byzantine and Sasanian Palaces -- 9. Griffins Aloft: Griffins as Luminous, Flying and Heavenly Creatures -- 10. Encircling Griffins: Mapping the Influence of a Motif -- 11. Griffins in the Realms of Death and Transcendence -- 12. Moralizing Griffins -- 13. Making Their Mark with Griffins: From Heraldry to Visual Branding -- 14. Adventures with Griffins -- 15. Modern Marvels: The Griffin Imagery of Carroll and Rowling -- Epilogue: Thinking with Griffins -- References -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index.
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