| The Emblem in Renaissance and Baroque Europe: Tradition and Variety: Selected Papers of the Glasgow International Emblem Conference, 13-17 August, 199 Contributor(s): Adams, Alison (Editor), Harper, Anthony J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004095888 ISBN-13: 9789004095885 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $247.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1992 Annotation: The volume is a cross-section of contributions to the Glasgow International Emblem Conference 1990, and demonstrates the range of research currently under way into the emblem tradition in the Renaissance and Baroque periods and the variety of its development across the centuries in many European countries. The seventeen papers are arranged here in broad national and thematic groupings, showing the emblem tradition in France, Italy, the Low Countries, Germany, Britain, within the field of alchemy, and extending into wider European traditions. The volume is generously illustrated, and an index is provided for the orientation of the reader. An impression of the richness of the European emblem tradition is given for the general reader, whilst the specialist is provided with a comprehensive insight into the many and varied strands of current emblem research and the diversity of approach adopted by scholars internationally. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Baroque & Rococo - Art | History - Renaissance - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 704.946 |
| LCCN: 92212312 |
| Series: Symbola Et Emblemata |
| Physical Information: 300 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 15th Century - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The volume is a cross-section of contributions to the Glasgow International Emblem Conference 1990, and demonstrates the range of research currently under way into the emblem tradition in the Renaissance and Baroque periods and the variety of its development across the centuries in many European countries. The seventeen papers are arranged here in broad national and thematic groupings, showing the emblem tradition in France, Italy, the Low Countries, Germany, Britain, within the field of alchemy, and extending into wider European traditions. The volume is generously illustrated, and an index is provided for the orientation of the reader. An impression of the richness of the European emblem tradition is given for the general reader, whilst the specialist is provided with a comprehensive insight into the many and varied strands of current emblem research and the diversity of approach adopted by scholars internationally. |
