A Collection of Emblemes
Author : George Wither
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,2 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Emblems
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Author : George Wither
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,2 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Emblems
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Author : Andrea Alciati
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 21,31 MB
Release : 2004-07-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 0786418079
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 :
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 33,44 MB
Release : 1660
Category : Emblem books
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Author : George Wither
Publisher :
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 19,32 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Emblems
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Author : Geffrey Whitney
Publisher : Georg Olms Verlag
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 46,62 MB
Release : 1971
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ISBN : 9783487402116
Author : Karl A.E. Enenkel
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 45,75 MB
Release : 2019-02-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9004387250
This study reexamines the invention of the emblem book and discusses the novel textual and pictorial means that applied to the task of transmitting knowledge. It offers a fresh analysis of Alciato’s Emblematum liber, focusing on his poetics of the emblem, and on how he actually construed emblems. It demonstrates that the “father of emblematics” had vernacular forebears, most importantly Johann von Schwarzenberg who composed two illustrated emblem books between 1510 and 1520. The study sheds light on the early development of the Latin emblem book 1531–1610, with special emphasis on the invention of the emblematic commentary, on natural history, and on advanced methods of conveying emblematic knowledge, from Junius to Vaenius.
Author : George Wither
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 16,25 MB
Release : 2018-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3732662837
Reproduction of the original: A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne by George Wither
Author : George Wither
Publisher : Menston : Scolar Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 27,53 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Emblems
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Author : George Wither
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,51 MB
Release : 1635
Category : Emblems
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Author : George Wither
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 31,77 MB
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne" (Quickened With Metrical Illustrations, Both Morall and Divine, Etc) by George Wither. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.