The Illustrated Sourcebook of Signs & Symbols A Fascinating Directory of More Than 1200 Visual Images, with an Expert Analysis of Their History and Meaning

Signs and symbols are a fundamental part of the way we communicate. This book explores the iconography and symbolism that connect them all, including cave paintings of the circle and the square, the signs of the zodiac and modern computer iconography. It has an extensive directory of hundreds of individual graphics, from astrological signs to symbols from around the world, such as a pentagram, a dove and the Chinese sign of yin yang.