UNICORN THE MYTHICAL BEAST IN ART

Fascination with it continues to this day. While it might have been appropriated as a cute toy or pop culture icon, the history of the unicorn as a symbol is profound and multi-layered in Western and non-European art, in religion and mythology, in literature, natural science, and medicine. Since the nineteenth century, artists such as Arnold Böcklin, René Magritte, and Rebecca Horn have rediscovered the mythical creature for themselves. For the first time, this publication presents a comprehensive summary of the unicorns artistic jour...[Read more]