Author: George Wither
Publisher:
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Category : Emblems
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: George Wither
Publisher:
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Category : Emblems
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Andrea Alciati
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786418079
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 269

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Andrea Alciati's Emblematum Liber was an essential work for every writer, artist and scholar in post-medieval Europe. First published in 1531, this illustrated book was a collection of emblems, each consisting of a motto or proverb, a typically enigmatic illustration, and a short explanation. Most of the emblems had symbolic and moral applications. Scholars depended on Alciati's book to interpret contemporary art and literature, while writers and artists turned to it to invest their work with an understood didactic sense. This new edition of the Emblematum Liber includes the original Latin texts, highly readable English translations, and the illustrations belonging to each of the 212 emblems. The editor's introduction explains both the importance and the cultural contexts of Alciati's book, as well as its innumerable artistic applications. For instance, close study of the emblems reveals--to cite only two examples--why statues of lions are traditionally placed before government buildings, and what underlying political message was conveyed by innumerable equestrian portraits during the Baroque era. The collection includes as an appendix the formerly suppressed emblem, "Adversus Naturam Peccantes," accompanied by a translation of the learned commentary applied to it by Johann Thuilius in 1612. An extensive bibliography points the student to scholarly research specifically dealing with artistic applications of Alciati's emblems. Altogether, this new edition of Alciati's seminal work is an essential tool for modern students of the liberal arts.

Author: Francis Quarles
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 430

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Author: Karl A.E. Enenkel
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004387250
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 499

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This study draws a new picture of the invention of the emblem book, and discusses the textual and pictorial means that were developed in order to transmit knowledge, from Alciato to Vaenius, with special emphasis on the emblem commentary and natural history.

Author: Geffrey Whitney
Publisher: Georg Olms Verlag
ISBN: 9783487402116
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 642

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Author: Ralph Dekoninck (Historien de l'art.)
Publisher: St. Joseph's University Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 126

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"This volume includes the late Elisabeth Stopp's previously unpublished study of La vie symbolique du bienheureux Francois de Sales (1664) of Adrien Gambart (1660-68), an introductory essay by Agnes Guiderdoni-Brusle that updates and amplifies Stopp's work, and a facsimile of Gambart's emblem book. This book was inspired by the life and writings of St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622), and written for the Sisters of the Visitation monastery of Faubourg Saint-Jacques in Paris, where Gambart, a Vincentian priest, served as chaplain for over thirty years. It was published in preparation for Francis's canonization in 1665." "Stopp's study offers an English translation of the key observations made by Gambart about each of the fifty-two emblems, while the facsimile makes available Gambarts original French text. Moreover, the facsimile is reproduced in color in order to convey the tonal richness of the original emblems."--BOOK JACKET.

Author: Giles Chapman
Publisher: Chartwell
ISBN: 0785831339
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 323

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"First published 2005 by Merrell Publishers Limited."--Colophon.

Author: Maurice Scève
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812236941
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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Introducted and annotated by the prize-winning translator Richard Sieburth, this bilingual selection from Scève's Délie are love poems for the intellectual.

Author: Cesare Ripa
Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN: 9780353212121
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.