Format:
1 online resource (xii, 234 pages)
ISBN:
9781315240039
,
9781351890823
Content:
1. Recent emblem theory -- 2. The importance of emblems -- 3. Truth in emblems -- 4. Emblems as transmitters of knowledge and traditions -- 5. Mnemonics and emblems -- 6. Are emblem inscriptiones always mottoes? -- 7. Is there visual rhetoric in some emblem pictures? -- 8. How were and how are emblems read? -- 9. On the interpretation of emblems -- 10. Jesuit emblems : in the service of God, man, or the Society of Jesus?
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-229) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472430137
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781472430137
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781315240039
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