Joannes Sambucus and the learned image : the use of the emblem in late-Renaissance humanism / Arnoud S.Q. Visser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Visser, A. S. Q. (Arnoud S. Q.)

Series:

Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 128.

Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 128

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emblem books, Latin--History.

Emblem books, Latin.

Emblems in literature.

Humanists--Hungary.

Humanists.

Hungary--Intellectual life--16th century.

Hungary.

Zsamboki, Janos, 1531-1584. Emblemata.

Zsamboki, Janos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The emblem is one of the most remarkable literary inventions of Renaissance humanism. The symbolic imagery presented in these Neo-Latin emblem books constituted an important influence on many areas in early modern literature and art. This volume provides the first comprehensive study of Sambucus’ influential Emblemata (first published by Christopher Plantin, Antwerp, 1564). It reconstructs the cultural-historical contexts in which it was produced, thus reconsidering the social and commercial functions of the humanist emblem. Accompanied by a detailed analysis of individual emblems, it takes into account the emblems’ classical intertextuality and the relationship between word and image. This study shows how the emblematic practice can differ from contemporary symbol and emblem theories, which have often coloured modern interpretations of the genre.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / A.S.Q. Visser

Chapter One: The World of the Author / A.S.Q. Visser

Chapter Two: The World of the Publisher / A.S.Q. Visser

Chapter Three: Sambucus About the Emblem / A.S.Q. Visser

Chapter Four. The Use of Dedications / A.S.Q. Visser

Chapter Five: The Epigrams: Subject-Matter, Structure and Style / A.S.Q. Visser

Chapter Six: The Uses of Classical Sources / A.S.Q. Visser

Chapter Seven: Word and Image in Pictura and Epigram / A.S.Q. Visser

Conclusion / A.S.Q. Visser

Appendix One: Concordance to the Emblems / A.S.Q. Visser

Appendix Two: List of Dedicatees / A.S.Q. Visser

Appendix Three. Relations Between Epigram and Pictura / A.S.Q. Visser

Select Bibliography / A.S.Q. Visser

General Index / A.S.Q. Visser

Index of Emblems / A.S.Q. Visser.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-287) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-85953-9

9786610859535

1-4294-2700-0

90-474-0539-0

1-4337-0402-1

OCLC:

476024129

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047405399 DOI