Iconologia: Or, Moral Emblems (Classic Reprint)
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (739 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1332142095 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 172 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
These artists expressed their pain, their sensuality and their faith in these works. It was palpably important to know what it meant if your local church replaced its drab white washed walls with grandiose symbolism and murals, to the people of the period. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. There is even evidence that this book informed the symbolism of artists working at the time, as well as documenting the forms already in use and developing at a rapid pace.The need for an understanding of religious and baroque imagery is far from done and for the art historian this book is truly irreplaceable. The Iconologia by Cesare Ripa was originally envisaged as a companion and decoder for the symbolism usually encountered in the baroque period, most notably in emblem books, but since then it has become infinitely more. As a result it was considered highly informative in the 17th century and was released in several editions over the years. One needed to know whether the piece of art under consideration was for the establishment or for a new wave when deciding whether to tut or cheer. We do, however, repair the vast m