Sunday, September 21, 2008

Personal Symbol Project

Artistic Research: Browse the following sites for examples of symbols. Record your favorite examples in your sketchbook (you may print the complicated ones). Also write down the symbol's origin and meaning.
  1. Symbols.com
  2. Other resources on symbols
  3. Symbols in Christian Art & Architecture
  4. Symbols in Art
  5. Aboriginal symbols
  6. Symbolism in flowers
  7. Animal symbolism
  8. Celtic symbols
  9. Chinese symbols
  10. Egyptian symbols
  11. Egyptian heiroglyphs (NOVA site)
  12. Traffic symbols
  13. Math symbols
  14. Music symbols
  15. Adinkra (african) symbols
  16. Another Adinkra site
  17. Tattoo symbols index
  18. Chinese zodiac symbols
  19. Astrological signs
  20. American Sign Language signs (words)
  21. Native American Symbols

Can you think of other symbol systems or links? Let me know by posting! Thanks!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

this site doesn't cover up the symbols like the other celtic site, and it has a better format.

http://www.whats-your-sign.com/celtic-symbol-meanings.html