A bibliographical approach to the illustrations in sixteenth-century editions of Alciato's Emblemata

Author

Manning, John

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. 127-176, 36 ill.

Publisher

AMS, New York (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Argues that a process of steady and progressive revision characterizes the history of the illustrative matter in the editions of the Emblemata during the 16th c., until the pictura is brought into line with details specified in the author's text. Once this "correct" form is found, it will be usually followed by subsequent authors and artists in later editions. Concludes that what we have is not a decline in iconographic exactitude, but a constant striving towards it.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Prints and illustration
• Alciati, Andrea, 1492-1550
• Emblemata
• Illustration
• Emblems
• Iconography
• Literature
• Italy
• Writings

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Estampe et illustration
• Emblemata
• Illustration
• Emblème
• Iconographie
• Littérature
• Italie
• Ecrits

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00448716

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