The international emblem : from incunabula to the Internet : selected proceedings of the Eighth International Conference of the Society for Emblem Studies, 28th July-1st August, 2008, Winchester College / edited by Simon McKeown
pt. 1. The formation of the Renaissance emblem -- pt. 2. Emblems in discourses of politics, power and prestige -- pt. 3. The emblem goes global : the migration of the sign -- pt. 4. The emblem in its literary contexts -- pt. 5. The emblem now
Summary
The emblem, a Renaissance literary genre which combined text and image, was used to convey erudition, admonishment, propaganda, and piety with unparalleled concision and economy. It arose out of humanist circles in the early sixteenth century, and became
