Emblems and the natural world

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Title Statements

Full title :Emblems and the natural world / edited by Karl A.E. Enenkel, Paul J. Smith.

Summary

Since its invention by Andrea Alciato, the emblem is inextricably connected to the natural world. Alciato and his followers drew their inspiration heavily from it. For their information about nature, the emblem authors were greatly indebted to ancient natural history, the medieval bestiaries, and the 15th- and 16th-century proto-emblematics, especially the imprese. The natural world became the main topic of, for instance, Camerarius?s botanical and zoological emblem books, and also of the ?applied? emblematics in drawings and the decorative arts. This interdisciplinary volume aims to address the multiple connections between emblematics and Natural History in the broader perspective of their underlying artistic, political and religious ideologies.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2017

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Brill
Place of Publication:Leiden
Language:eng
Publication Date:2017

The Physical Object

Description:1 Online-Ressource (XXXIV, 666 Seiten) : Illustrationen.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789004347076, 9004347070
DOI:10.1163/9789004347076
oclc:on1003475682
LC Classification:PN6348.5
Dewey Decimal:809/.915

Subjects

Conference papers and proceedings Emblem books Emblem books -- Congresses. -- History … Emblem books -- Congresses. -- History … Emblèmes -- Histoire -- 16e siècle Emblèmes -- Histoire -- 17e siècle Emblems Emblems -- History -- 16th century Emblems -- History -- 17th century History Konferenzschrift -- Westfälische Wilhel… Livres à figures -- Congrès. -- Histoir… Livres à figures -- Congrès. -- Histoir…