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Cohen, Simona was born on February 20, 1942 in New York, United States. Arrived in Israel, 1956. Daughter of Ysaak and Mollie (Sonberg) Gladstone.
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Animals as Disguised Symbols in Renaissance Art (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)
(The relationship between medieval animal symbolism and th...)
The relationship between medieval animal symbolism and the iconography of animals in the Renaissance has scarcely been studied. Filling a gap in this significant field of Renaissance culture, in general, and its art, in particular, this book demonstrates the continuity and tenacity of medieval animal interpretations and symbolism, disguised under the veil of genre, religious or mythological narrative and scientific naturalism. An extensive introduction, dealing with relevant medieval and early Renaissance sources, is followed by a series of case studies that illustrate ways in which Renaissance artists revived conventional animal imagery in unprecedented contexts, investing them with new meanings, on a social, political, ethical, religious or psychological level, often by applying exegetical methodology in creating multiple semantic and iconographic levels.
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Simona Cohen
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Education
Graduate, Bezalel Academy Art, Jerusalem. Graduate, School Visual Arts, New York. Doctor of Philosophy, Tel-Aviv University, 1982.
Career
Director, lecturer, School Education Tel-Aviv University, director, renaissance studies department art history, senior lecturer Indian art history, department East Asian studies, professor, 1973—2010. Visiting professor Harvard University, since 2010.
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Animals as Disguised Symbols in Renaissance Art (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)
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Animals as Disguised Symbols in Renaissance Art (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History)
Membership
Volunteer Calcutta Rescue, India, since 1991. Member of News on Rialto, Renaissance Society America.
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Married Yigal Cohen Cohen, 1965. 1 child Lital.
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1982