The symmetrical, exuberant heart is everywhere: it gives shape to candy, pendants, the frothy milk on top of a cappuccino, and much else. How can we explain the ubiquity of what might be the most recognizable symbol in the world? In The Amorous Heart, Marilyn Yalom tracks the heart metaphor and heart iconography across two thousand years, through Christian theology, pagan love poetry, medieval painting, Shakespearean drama, Enlightenment science, and into the present. She argues that the symbol reveals a tension between love as romantic and sexual on the one hand, and as religious and spiritua The Amorous Heart - Marilyn Yalom od authora Marilyn Yalom a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
Marilyn Yalom |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
288 |
| Rok vydání |
2018 |
| Typ |
filmy |
| Nakladatelství |
Basic Books |
