The Emblem in Early Modern Europe : Contributions to the Theory of the Emblem (Paperback)

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Recent emblem theory; The importance of emblems; Truth in emblems; Emblems as transmitters of knowledge and traditions; Mnemonics and emblems; Are emblem inscriptiones always mottoes?; Is there visual rhetoric in some emblem pictures?; How were and how are emblems read?; On the interpretation of emblems; Jesuit emblems: in the service of God, man or the Society of Jesus?; Selective bibliography; Index.