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Hieroglyph, emblem, and Renaissance pictography / by Ludwig Volkmann ; translated and edited by Robin Raybould.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Volkmann, Ludwig, 1870-1947, author.
- Series:
- Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 281.
- Brill's studies in intellectual history. Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; v. 28.
- Brill's studies in intellectual history ; volume 281
- Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; volume 28
- Standardized Title:
- Bilderschriften der Renaissance. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Hieroglyphics--History--16th century.
- Hieroglyphics.
- Emblems--History--16th century.
- Emblems.
- Art, Renaissance--Themes, motives.
- Art, Renaissance.
- Printers' marks.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 307 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
- Summary:
- Robin Raybould's Hieroglyph, Emblem and Renaissance Pictography is the first English translation of Ludwig Volkmann's Bilderschriften der Renaissance, the classic text which promoted the symbol as a defining cultural and literary characteristic of early modern Europe. Volkmann enumerates and describes many of the works which illustrated the contemporary obsession with hieroglyph, emblem and device, particularly those from France and Germany, thus complementing Karl Giehlow's earlier Hieroglyphenkunde on the subject. Volkmann's book highlights both Renaissance theories of the image as language and the symbol as an aid to an understanding of the meaning of life and the nature of God. 0Raybould's translation has been described as elegant, admirable and impeccable and includes an introduction, extensive notes and several additional essays on topics relevant to the field.
- Contents:
- 1 The Hieroglyphics of the Italian Humanists p. 8
- Excursus 1 On the Images in the Gran Chiostro of San Giustina and those in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili p. 79
- 2 Emblematics and Its Derivatives: Imprese and Devices p. 84
- Excursus 2 On the Origin of Alciato's Emblemata p. 123
- Excursus 3 On Hoes p. 130
- 3 Hieroglyphics North of the Alps p. 133
- Excursus 4 On the Origin of Aldus' Printers Mark and the Motto festina lente p. 221
- Excursus 5 On the Symbola of Pythagoras and Alciato's Emblem "Do not sit on a bushel" p. 224
- Excursus 6 Philosophia comite regredimur p. 229
- 4 Resonances from the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries p. 233.
- Notes:
- Translated from the German.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Volkmann, Ludwig, 1870-1947, author. Hieroglyph, emblem, and Renaissance pictography
- ISBN:
- 9789004360938
- 900436093X
- OCLC:
- 1031909890
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