Emblem Tradition and the Low Countries Selected Papers of the Leuven International Emblem Conference, 18-23 August, 1996.,

Turnhout, Brepols, 1999,

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Author

K. Porteman, M. Van Vaeck, J. Manning (Eds.)

Publishers

Turnhout, Brepols, 1999

Keyword

Godsdienst, Religion, Religion, Religion

Description

Hardback, 436 p., 160 x 235 mm. ISBN 9782503509464. This collection of essays demonstrates that the emblematic mode was more integrated into the literary and artistic culture in the Low Countries, and especially Antwerp and Amsterdam than anywhere else. This collection of essays demonstrates that the emblematic mode was more integrated into the literary and artistic culture in the Low Countries, and especially Antwerp and Amsterdam than anywhere else. Antwerp and Amsterdam were among the most active publishing centres for emblematic forms in Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Nowhere else was the emblematic mode more integrated into the literary and artistic culture than in the Low Countries. The essays are revised versions of papers presented at the Fourth International Emblem Conference held at Leuven in 1996. The table of contents provides an overview of the variety of topics and approaches represented in the volume. Languages : English.