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OverviewFigures of Speech addresses a key topic in Renaissance studies: the importance and pervasiveness of proverbs. For sixteenth-century Netherlanders, proverbs revealed the wisdom of the Ancients as well as the linguistic richness found in their own native language; for Pieter Bruegel, Hieronymus Bosch, and other Renaissance painters, proverbs were a frequent and appealing subject. In this book, Walter S. Gibson provides a comprehensive and engaging survey of these visual representations, capturing for twenty-first–century readers the moral sensibilities of a time and culture when such adages (and the images conveying their meaning) were invaluable guides to life. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Walter S. GibsonPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780520259546ISBN 10: 0520259548 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 16 March 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print ![]() Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsGibson gives a rich account. Burlington Magazine 20120725 In three rich case studies, the author ... subtly weaves together a wide range of fascinating sources and images. -- Odilia Bonebakker Sehepunkte 20130801 Gibson gives a rich account. --Burlington Magazine Gibson gives a rich account. -- Burlington Magazine Author InformationWalter S. Gibson is Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities Emeritus at Case Western Reserve University and the author of many books including Pieter Bruegel and the Art of Laughter and Pleasant Places: The Rustic Landscape from Bruegel to Ruisdael, both from UC Press. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |