The seasonal symbolism theory of the German scholar R. Shröder (1899) saw Jason as the “spring hero” who retrieved the Golden Fleece. For Shröder, Jason carrying Hera across the river symbolized the ...

Pictures of Belonging at the Smithsonian American Art Museum spotlights Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi, and Miné Okubo, three ...

Across human cultures, the mystery of death is illuminated by countless myths. We see Egyptian souls on their journey to ...

What if the rain and sun could be summoned by a whisper or a prayer? In Japan, this isn’t just wishful ... Read more The post ...

The geisha is one of the most refined incarnations of Japanese aesthetics. Its name derives from two ideograms that mean “Person of art “: still today, in fact, his role is that of Enter customers ...

Symbol, myth, and culture : essays and lectures of Ernst Cassirer, 1935-1945 by Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945 Publication date 1979 Topics Cassirer, Ernst, 1874-1945, Philosophy, Civilization -- ...

Few Paris addresses conjure myth quite like Maxim’s, the gilded Belle Époque haunt where artists and aristocrats once jostled for a seat at dinner, and a place immortalized in Cole Porter’s lyrics and ...