Figures of Speech: Picturing Proverbs in Renaissance Netherlands

Author:   Walter S. Gibson
Publisher:   University of California Press
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9780520259546


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   16 March 2010
Format:   Hardback
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Figures of Speech: Picturing Proverbs in Renaissance Netherlands


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Figures 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.

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Author:   Walter S. Gibson
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780520259546


ISBN 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   Availability explained
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Gibson 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


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Walter 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.

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