COLLECTION NAME:
Artists' Book Collection
Record
Title:
Approx DCLXVI
Creator:
McLaren, Andrew, 1960-
Creator:
Staples, Serena, 1977-
Creator:
Wiebe, Mitchell
Description:
Wire-edge binding with various printings, papers with fold-outs and laminates. Limited edition of 95 numbered copies signed by the author. Distributor: "APPROX. DCLXVI examines the number DCLXVI (666). Widely recognized for its inherent evil - and geometric and factorial properties - 666 is a common symbol of demonized figures in contemporary and historical mythologies. The literary dimensions of this peculiar cultural fetish are explored in APPROX. DCLXVI through a series of 666 anagrams, each anagram employing verse 13:18 from the Book of Revelations, "Let him that hath understanding count the number of the Beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is Six Hundred, Three Score and Six." Several anagrams are accompanied with illustrations."
Subject:
Art and mythology
Subject:
Bible
Subject:
Bible. Revelation
Subject:
Demonology
Subject:
Devil
Subject:
Geometry in art
Subject:
Good and evil in art
Subject:
Myth
Subject:
Repetitive patterns (Decorative arts) in art
Subject:
Signs and symbols
Subject:
Six hundred and sixty-six (The number) in the Bible
Date:
2008
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
approximately 200 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Format/Medium:
Artists' books
Format/Medium:
Collages
Format/Medium:
Comb bindings
Format/Medium:
Cutouts
Format/Medium:
Envelopes
Format/Medium:
Ephemera (general object genre)
Format/Medium:
Handwriting
Format/Medium:
Plastic laminate
Format/Medium:
Postage stamps
Format/Medium:
Tickets
Source:
Approx DCLXVI, in Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Identifier:
b12785702
Identifier:
i12055761
SCAD Location:
Jen Library (Savannah)
