Cover illustration: Henri Jacobs, Journal drawing 150, Etude pour perméabilité, 22 February 2005, pencil and watercolour on Arches paper, 36 × 51 cm
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Crucq, Arthur author
Title: Motifs in art as agents of meaning / by Arthur Crucq.
Description: Leiden; Boston: Brill, [2026] | Series: Semiotics, signs of the times, 2773-1758; volume 4 | Outgrowth of the author’s thesis (doctoral)—Leiden University, 2018, under the title: Abstract patterns and representation: the re-cognition of geometric ornament. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2025041460 (print) | LCCN 2025041461 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004750203 hardback | ISBN 9789004750210 ebook
Subjects: LCSH: Art—Philosophy | Art—Themes, motives | Symbolism in art | Art and anthropology
Classification: LCC N71 .C84 2026 (print) | LCC N71 (ebook)
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025041460
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025041461
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ISSN 2773-1758
ISBN 978-90-04-75020-3 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-75021-0 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004750210
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