Iconic Books and Texts

James W. Watts, William A. Graham, Deirdre C. Stam, Dorina Miller Parmenter, Michelle P. Brown, S. Brent Plate, Zeev Elitzur, Jacob Kinnard, M. Patrick Graham, Natalia K. Suit, Timothy Beal, Shawn Loner, Kristina Myrvold, Joanne Punzo Waghorne, Yohan Yoo, Brian Malley, Karl Ivan Solibakke, Philip P. Arnold, Jason T. Larson, Claudia V. Camp

James W. Watts

Images of books appear in art, advertising and commercial logos to symbolize learning, knowledge and wisdom. In religious and secular rituals around the globe, people carry, show, wave, touch and kiss books and other texts, as well as read them. Such images and rituals utilize the iconic dimension o...