Serpents and dragons 82 entwine on the lintels, and emblematize the Church's power to overcome. |
With Gardens, Robert Pogue Harrison graces readers with a thoughtful, wide-ranging examination of the many ways gardens emblematize the human condition. |
China has taken over that role, and its art, though as yet lacking a Murakami to emblematize its global influence, exudes something very like imperial afflatus. |