Figures of Speech: Picturing Proverbs in Renaissance Netherlands - Walter S. Gibson - Books - University of California Press - 9780520259546 - March 16, 2010
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Walter S. Gibson
Figures of Speech: Picturing Proverbs in Renaissance Netherlands

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For sixteenth-century Netherlanders, proverbs revealed the wisdom of the Ancients as well as the linguistic richness found in their own native language. This book addresses a key topic in Renaissance studies: the importance and pervasiveness of proverbs. It presents a survey of the visual representations of proverbs.

256 pages, 81 b/w photographs

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released March 16, 2010
ISBN13 9780520259546
Publishers University of California Press
Pages 256
Dimensions 236 × 168 × 23 mm   ·   546 g

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