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University of Toronto Romance Ser.: Emblematic Structures in Renaissance French Culture by Daniel Russell (1995, Trade Paperback)

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Language: English. Number of Pages: 336. Weight: 1.14 lbs. Publication Date: 2015-02-01. Publisher: UNIV OF TORONTO PR.

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PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press

ISBN-101442655011

ISBN-139781442655010

eBay Product ID (ePID)8067505576

Product Key Features

Number of Pages277 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameEmblematic Structures in Renaissance French Culture

SubjectEuropean / French, Europe / France, Europe / Renaissance

Publication Year1995

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, History

AuthorDaniel Russell

SeriesUniversity of Toronto Romance Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight23.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition20

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal704.9/46/0944

SynopsisThe emblem and the device (or i mpresa as it was called in Italy) were the most direct and telling manifestations of a mentality that played a significant role in the discourse and art in Western Europe between the late Middle Ages and the mid-eighteenth century. In the history of Western symbolism, the emblematic sign forms a bridge between late medieval allegory and the Romantic metaphor. These intricate combinations of picture and text, where the picture completes the ellipses of an epigrammatic text, and where the text fixes the intention of the pictured signs, provide useful clues to the way pictures in general were read and textual descriptions visualized in early modern Europe. Daniel Russell demonstrates how the emblematic forms emerged from the way illustrations were used in late medieval French manuscript culture, how the forms were later disseminated in France, and how they functioned within early modern French culture and society. He also attempts to show how the guiding principles behind the composition of emblems influenced the production of courtly decoration, ceremony, and propaganda, as well as the composition of literary texts as different as Maurice Sc]ve's Delie, Montaigne's Essais, and Du Bartas's Sepmaine ., The emblem and the device (or impresa as it was called in Italy) were the most direct and telling manifestations of a mentality that played a significant role in the discourse and art in Western Europe between the late Middle Ages and the mid-eighteenth century. In the history of Western symbolism, the emblematic sign forms a bridge between late medieval allegory and the Romantic metaphor. These intricate combinations of picture and text, where the picture completes the ellipses of an epigrammatic text, and where the text fixes the intention of the pictured signs, provide useful clues to the way pictures in general were read and textual descriptions visualized in early modern Europe. Daniel Russell demonstrates how the emblematic forms emerged from the way illustrations were used in late medieval French manuscript culture, how the forms were later disseminated in France, and how they functioned within early modern French culture and society. He also attempts to show how the guiding principles behind the composition of emblems influenced the production of courtly decoration, ceremony, and propaganda, as well as the composition of literary texts as different as Maurice Sc¦ve's Delie, Montaigne's Essais, and Du Bartas's Sepmaine., Daniel Russell demonstrates how the emblematic forms emerged from the way illustrations were used in late medieval French manuscript culture, how the forms were later disseminated in France, and how they functioned within early modern French culture and society.