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Volkmann Ludwig <1870-1947.> |
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Hieroglyph, emblem, and Renaissance pictography / / by Ludwig Volkmann ; translated and edited by Robin Raybould |
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Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2018 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxiv, 307 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Brill's studies in intellectual history, , 0920-8607 ; ; volume 281 |
Brill's studies on art, art history, and intellectual history ; ; volume 28 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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RaybouldRobin |
VolkmannLudwig <1870-1947.> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Hieroglyphics - History - 16th century |
Emblems - History - 16th century |
Art, Renaissance - Themes, motives |
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Emblems |
Hieroglyphics |
History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Translator's Preface -- List of Illustrations -- Author's Introduction -- The Hieroglyphics of the Italian Humanists -- Emblematics and Its Derivatives: Imprese and Devices -- Hieroglyphics North of the Alps -- Resonances from the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries -- Appendix: Hieroglyphs and Emblems in Printers and Publishers Marks (Signeten) -- Back Matter -- Bibliography. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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