... are the last emblem of an industry dating slightly after the advent of man on earth and already old in that locality when Roland crossed the mountain pass near there and sounded his “Oliphant,” calling for help from Charlemagne.
This is a classic story, masterfully told, about how one graphic symbol can endure and influence culture for generations.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Butts, Edward (1908) Statement Number 1: The Swastika, Kansas City, Mo., Franklin Hudson. ... Greg, Robert Phillips (1884) 'On the Meaning and Origin of the Fylfot and Swastika', Archaeologia, vol. XLVIII: 293–326.
Despite the enormous amount of material about Nazism, there has been no substantial work on its emblem, the swastika. This original contribution examines the popular appeal of the archaic image of the swastika: the tradition of the symbol.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
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By identifying the swastika as a boundary or liminal image, Malcolm Quinn allies visual anaysis to issues of material culture and history.
This is a facsimile edition of Wilson's 1896 report, which includes all of his writings on the subject of the swastika. The text quality is generally good, while the quality of the more than 450 illustrations is very good to excellent.
This is a classic story, masterfully told, about how one graphic symbol can endure and influence culture for generations.