The Emblem |
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| Author:
| Manning, John |
| Series title: | BL - Treasures from the Bodleian Library |
| ISBN: | 978-1-86189-110-5 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2002 |
| Publisher: | Reaktion Books, Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $82.50 |
Book Description:
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The 'emblem', an image accompanied by a motto and a verse or short prose passage, is both art and literature: in the emblem tradition, the image presents a story - often with pictorial symbols - and the verse below the image drives home the picture-story's moral instruction. It is one of the most fascin-ating, and enduring, art forms in Western culture. John Manning's book charts the rise and evolution of the emblem from its earliest manifestations to its emergence as a genre in its...
More DescriptionThe 'emblem', an image accompanied by a motto and a verse or short prose passage, is both art and literature: in the emblem tradition, the image presents a story - often with pictorial symbols - and the verse below the image drives home the picture-story's moral instruction. It is one of the most fascin-ating, and enduring, art forms in Western culture. John Manning's book charts the rise and evolution of the emblem from its earliest manifestations to its emergence as a genre in its own right in the sixteenth century, and through its various reinventions and mutations to the present day.