Mermaids : (Record no. 7622)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781804130056
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Canceled/invalid ISBN 9781804130032
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System control number (MiAaPQ)EBC7152724
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System control number (Au-PeEL)EBL7152724
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System control number (OCoLC)1338675071
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Original cataloging agency MiAaPQ
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100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name M�uller, Axel.
9 (RLIN) 18214
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Mermaids :
Remainder of title Art, Symbolism and Mythology.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st ed.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Exeter :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer University of Exeter Press,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2022.
264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice {copy}2022.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 online resource (170 pages)
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505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note MERMAIDS: ART, SYMBOLISM AND MYTHOLOGY -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Memorial Note For Christopher Halls -- 1. Introduction: Why mermaids? -- 2. Mermaids conceived: hybrid goddesses and beasts in antiquity -- Mesopotamia: the cradle of mermaid imagery -- The uncertain role of the mermaid goddess atargatis -- A great diversity of mermaid ancestors -- The etruscan scylla, the real mermaid ancestor -- The spread of mermaid ancestors through the roman empire -- 3. Christian adaptations in the romanesque to baroque eras -- Birth of the mermaid, the seductress of believers -- The rebirth of mermaid mythology -- Baroque mermaids, a blend of fact and fiction -- 4. Mermaid passions: obsessive fixation in nineteenth and early twentieth-century art -- Mermaids become children's friends -- The first bloom of fine mermaid arts -- Mermaids as muses -- Japanese mermaid mummy creations -- The second bloom of fine mermaid arts -- The creation of iconic mermaid sculptures -- The beginning of the decline of fine mermaid arts -- Hardly any traces of mermaids -- Mermaid beauty stripped away -- 5. Mermaids everywhere: postwar commercialization and trivialization -- Mermaids forgotten in fine art -- The expanding cultural niche for mermaids -- Mermaids become movie stars -- Mermaids as treasured children's toys -- Mermaiding -- 6. Mermaids rationalized: evolutionary theory confronts the fantastic -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Index -- Back Cover.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Women with fish tails are among the oldest and most popular of mythological creatures. This book presents a comprehensive, interdisciplinary and beautifully illustrated study of mermaids and their influence on Western culture. The roots of mermaid mythology and its metamorphosis through the centuries are discussed, from 600 BCE to the present day.
588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE
Source of description note Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN)
Local note Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
9 (RLIN) 2203
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Halls, Christopher.
9 (RLIN) 18215
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Williamson, Ben.
9 (RLIN) 7961
776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY
Relationship information Print version:
Main entry heading M�uller, Axel
Title Mermaids
Place, publisher, and date of publication Exeter : University of Exeter Press,c2022
International Standard Book Number 9781804130032
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element ProQuest (Firm)
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/artjam/detail.action?docID=7152724">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/artjam/detail.action?docID=7152724</a>
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