Honey and gall, or, Cupid and the bees : a case of iconographic slippage

Author

Bath, Michael

Document type

Article (livre)

Language

English

Book title

Andrea Alciato and the emblem tradition : essays in honor of Virginia Woods Callahan

Author (monograph)

Daly, Peter M. (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

Andrea Alciato and the emblem tradition : essays in honor of Virginia Woods Callahan. 1989, p. 59-94, 13 ill.

Publisher

AMS, New York (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Traces the evolution, visually and verbally, of the emblem of Cupid stealing honey--Dulcia quandoque amara fieri, or Sweet Things Sometimes Become Bitter--from its appearance in Alciato's 1531 Emblematum liber to 1638.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Prints and illustration
• Alciati, Andrea, 1492-1550
• Emblems
• Italy
• Cupid
• Bees
• Iconography

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Estampe et illustration
• Emblème
• Italie
• Cupidon
• Abeille
• Iconographie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00448714

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