The Erasmus-Hercules equation in the emblems of Alciati

Author

Callahan, Virginia W.

Document type

Article (livre)

Language

English

Book title

Verbal and the visual : essays in honor of William Sebastian Heckscher

Author (monograph)

Selig, Karl-Ludwig (Editor, Collective Author); Sears, Elizabeth (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

Verbal and the visual : essays in honor of William Sebastian Heckscher. 1990, p. 41-57, 4 ill.

Publisher

Italica, New York (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Discusses four emblems with Hercules as protagonist published by Alciati in 1531 and 1546: Hercules and the Pygmies; the Gallic Hercules; the Labors of Hercules; and Hercules' Immortality. Argues that in them Alciati was portraying not a remote Greek hero but a living Erasmus, endowing his friend with a multi-faceted persona.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Prints and illustration -- Italy
• Alciati, Andrea, 1492-1550
• Emblems
• Iconography
• Hercules
• Erasmus, Desiderius, 1466/69-1536
• Italy

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Estampe et illustration -- Italie
• Emblème
• Iconographie
• Hercule
• Erasme, Didier, 1466/69-1536
• Italie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920401-00424507

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