The Hidden Language of Symbols. Matthew Wilson

Why does Albrecht Dürer's engraving "Melancholy I" show an angel frozen in melancholy, surrounded by strange instruments and objects? And what does this silent scene, which has haunted researchers for more than five centuries, hide?

Matthew Wilson's book "The Hidden Language of Symbols" shows that symbols are not decorative trifles or encrypted "clues for the chosen ones", but a powerful language with which humanity has thought, believed, ruled, feared and hoped. The author traces how symbols are born, travel between cultures, change meaning and even influence the course of history - from imperial pearls and fountains to sunflowers, owls and the All-Seeing Eye.

This publication is not only about art, but also about a way of thinking: about the ability to see an idea behind an image, a history behind a sign, and unexpectedly deep meanings behind familiar symbols. The book will become a guide for all who want to learn to recognize and understand the hidden language that the world has been speaking to us for millennia.