Spider - Animal

Informationen zum Autor Sergiusz Michalski is professor of art history at the University of Tübingen. His previous books include The Reformation and the Visual Arts (1993), The New Objectivity (1994) and Public Monuments: Art in Political Bondage, 1870-1997 (Reaktion, 1998). Katarzyna Michalska is a cultural historian in Tübingen, and co-author of the Eyewitness Guide to Munich and the Bavarian Alps (2002). Klappentext The latest title in this illuminating series explores the spider! a creature with a rich symbolic presence in the human imagination. Zusammenfassung A wide-ranging! thorough account of the spider! a creature with a rich symbolic presence in the human imagination! this book analyses the spider in art! literature! horror stories! science fiction and film and also looks at arachnophobia! and the psychological association of the spider with dominant women or mothers.

Product details

• Authors: Katarzyna Michalski, Katazyna Michalski, Sergiusz Michalski, Michalski Katarzyna, Michalski Sergiusz
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 24.09.2010
• EAN: 9781861897756
• ISBN: 978-1-86189-775-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 190 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Animal Series; Animal
• Subjects: Guides > Nature > Nature guide; NATURE / Animals / Insects & Spiders, NATURE / Animals / Butterflies & Moths, Wildlife: butterflies, other insects & spiders