The Emblem Tradition And The Low Countries. Selected Papers Of The Leuven International Emblem Conference, 18-23 August, 1996 (ifstu 1b) (imago Figurata. Studies)

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. Testing Modern Emblem Theory: The Earliest Views Of The Genre (1564-1566) / Ari Wesseling -- The Sources Of The Emblematic Fable Book De Warachtighe Fabulen Der Dieren (1567) / Dirk Geirnaert And Paul J. Smith -- Zur Gedanklichen Struktur Der Amoris Divini Emblemata Des Otto Van Veen (antwerpen 1615) / Anne Buschhoff -- The Governing Of The Tongue: Language And Ethics In Erasmus, Lingua (1525) And Burgundia's Linguae Vitia Et Remedia (1631) / Toon Van Houdt -- Emblems In An Eighteenth-century Flemish Manuscript / Marcel De Smedt -- Love Emblems By Crispijn De Passe The Elder: Rollenhagen's 'emblemata', 'cupid's Bow', 'youthful Pleasures' And Other 'charming And Useful' Prints / Ilja M. Veldman -- H. Damman And The Emblems In Dirck Pietersz Pers's Bellerophon (amsterdam, 1614) / Katrien A.l. Daemen-de Gelder -- A Leyden Emblem Book: Florentius Schoonhovius's Emblemata Partim Moralia, Partim Etiam Civilia / Karl Enenkel -- Eine Holländischer Horaz: Florentius Schoonhovius Poemata / Karl Enenkel -- The Emblem Theory And Audience Of Jacob Cats / Jeroen Jansen -- Jan Van Der Veen's Zinne-beelden, Oft Adams Appel (1642) / Eddy K. Grootes -- Emblemata Sacra? Biblical Picture Books And Emblem Literature / Peter Van Der Coelen -- Fable And Emblem In The Fall Of Man (1592) By Cornelis Van Haarlem / Paul J. Smith -- Simon De Pas And Karel Van Mander Iii At The Court Of King Christian Iv: The Dutch Emblem Tradition In Denmark / Mara R. Wade -- From Emblem To Polemic: Hollar's Emblemata Nova / John H. Astington -- La Galerie De M. De Gomberville Ou La Peinture Sérieuse / Bernard Teyssandier -- Amor, Amor Divinus -- Anima, Virtus: Emblematic Scences On Seventeenth Century Antwerp Cabinets / Ria Fabri -- Emblemprogramme Auf Nordfriesischen Bauern-schränken Des 18. Jahrhunderts / Ingrid Höpel. Edited By John Manning, Karel Porteman And Marc Van Vaeck. This Second Volume Of The Proceedings Of The Fourth International Emblem Conference (leuven, 18-20 August 1996) Contains Eighteen Contributions On The Emblem In The Low Countries--pref. Includes Bibliographical References. Includes Three Essays In German And One In French.