The Telling Image

Explorations in the Emblem

• Author(s): Ayers L. Bagley, Ayers Bagley, Edward M. Griffin, Austin J. McLean,
• Publisher: AMS Press
• Pages: 286
• ISBN_10: 0404637124
  ISBN_13: 9780404637125
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Reference / Signs & Symbols ,

Description:... This text examines emblems as visual and verbal imagery, exploring applied emblematics alongside more traditional literary forms. As mannerism was being discovered in the 1930s, Mario Praz focused on the emblematic elements of device, epigram, and conceit - stressing the role of wit.