此处有龙：一本奇妙的动物寓言 传说动物物种 英文原版 Here Be Dragons: A Fantastic Bestiary

基本信息

• Publisher ? : ? Princeton University Press (October 12, 2003)
• Language ? : ? English
• Hardcover ? : ? 200 pages
• ISBN-10 ? : ? 9780691116891
• ISBN-13 ? : ? 978-0691116891
• Item Weight ? : ? 3.25 pounds
• Dimensions ? : ? 9.5 x 0.75 x 11.75 inches

内容介绍

狮身人面像、九头蛇、嵌合体、龙、独角兽、狮鹫、海妖和人马--从希腊花瓶到博斯、戈雅和毕加索的绘画作品，

从民间艺术到连环画、广告和好莱坞电影，都能找到这些神奇的动物。《Here Be Dragons》是一本图文并茂的作品集，

介绍了人类在漫长岁月中创造出的各种奇妙的想象动物。

阿丽亚娜-德拉坎帕涅和克里斯蒂安-德拉坎帕涅带领我们穿越五千年的艺术史，探究这些动物的象征意义，以及它们对人类无意识生活的启示。

在中世纪，"动物图鉴 "指的是用拉丁文或法文写成的寓教于乐的诗歌，其中强调了真实或想象中的动物的道德特征。

随着时间的流逝，这种曾经盛极一时的体裁逐渐消失。我们已不再将可以观察到的动物与我们梦寐以求的动物相提并论，

但无论是科学还是大众文化都未能赶走想象中的野兽。这些动物继续困扰着我们，就像它们困扰着我们的祖先一样。

在第一本以如此跨文化和年代范围探讨这一主题的书中，德拉坎帕格夫妇确定了五种基本结构（独角兽、人首兽、兽首人、有翼四足兽和龙），

他们讲述了从史前到当代的故事。他们还从社会学和精神分析的角度，深入探讨了艺术家创作这些令人惊叹的动物的过程，以及它们是如何在不同文化间传播的。

与人们曾经相信的相反，奇幻只存在于人们的脑海中。

然而，正如《Here Be Dragons》向我们展示的那样，它是头脑中最复杂、最神秘、最鼓舞人心的创造之一。

Sphinxes, hydras, chimeras, dragons, unicorns, griffins, sirens, and centaurs--fantastic animals can be found in works from Greek vases to paintings by Bosch, Goya, and Picasso, from folk art to comic strips, advertising, and Hollywood movies. Here Be Dragons is a lavishly illustrated compendium of the marvelous menagerie of imaginary animals that humans have conjured up over the ages. Ariane and Christian Delacampagne take us on a visually and intellectually riveting 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.


In the Middle Ages, "bestiary" referred to an edifying poem, in Latin or French verse, in which the moral characteristics of real or imaginary animals were highlighted. With the passing of time, this once-flourishing genre disappeared. We have ceased to equate animals that can be observed with those we only dream of, but neither science nor mass culture has managed to chase away imaginary beasts. Such creatures continue to haunt us, just as they haunted our ancestors.


In the first book to explore this subject with such cross-cultural and chronological range, the Delacampagnes identify five basic structures (unicorn, human-headed animal, animal-headed human, winged quadruped, and dragon) whose stories they relate from prehistory to the present day. They also provide fascinating sociological and psychoanalytical insight into the processes through which artists have created these astonishing animals and how they have been transmitted from culture to culture.


Contrary to what people once believed, the fantastic exists only in the mind. And yet, as Here Be Dragons shows us, it is one of the mind's most sophisticated, mysterious, and inspiring creations.