A Book of Emblems

A Book of Emblems
Author: Andrea Alciati
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2004-07-15
Genre: 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.

Adrien Gambart's Emblem Book, 1664

Adrien Gambart's Emblem Book, 1664
Author: Adrien Gambart
Publisher: St. Joseph's University Press
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

"This volume includes the late Elisabeth Stopp's previously unpublished study of La vie symbolique du bienheureux Francois de Sales (1664) of Adrien Gambart (1660-68), an introductory essay by Agnes Guiderdoni-Brusle that updates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 supplements 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." "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 Gambart's original French text. Moreover, the facsimile is reproduced in color in order to convey the tonal richness of the original emblems."--BOOK JACKET.

The Invention of the Emblem Book and the Transmission of Knowledge, ca. 1510–1610

The Invention of the Emblem Book and the Transmission of Knowledge, ca. 1510–1610
Author: Karl A.E. Enenkel
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 499
Release: 2019-02-04
Genre: 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.

Car Emblems

Car Emblems
Author: Giles Chapman
Publisher: Chartwell
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2015-10-12
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0785831339

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

Emblemes

Emblemes
Author: Francis Quarles
Publisher:
Total Pages: 406
Release: 1660
Genre: Emblem books
ISBN:

Moral Emblems

Moral Emblems
Author: Jacob Cats
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1862
Genre:
ISBN:

Emblems of Mind

Emblems of Mind
Author: Edward Rothstein
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780812727470

Emblemata

Emblemata
Author: Andrea Alciati
Publisher:
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1996
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

Recognition of the great importance in Renaissance culture of the versatile and complex form of the emblem is increasingly widespread. This series aims to satisfy the needs of those who require access to texts in an edition as close to the original as possible.