TY - BOOK ID - 16193507 TI - Emblems and the natural world AU - Enenkel, K. A. E. AU - Smith, Paul J. PY - 2017 VL - 50 SN - 9789004347069 9789004347076 9004347070 9004347062 PB - Leiden, [The Netherlands] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : BRILL, DB - UniCat KW - Emblem books KW - Emblems KW - History KW - Congresses. KW - Livres à figures KW - Histoire KW - Book history KW - emblem books KW - iconography KW - emblems [allegorical pictures] KW - Nature KW - Art KW - anno 1600-1699 KW - anno 1500-1599 KW - Livres à figures KW - Boekgeschiedenis KW - Kunst KW - emblematabundels KW - iconografie KW - emblemata KW - natuur KW - Illustrated books KW - Heraldry KW - Signs and symbols KW - Symbolism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:16193507 AB - Since its invention by Andrea Alciato, the emblem is inextricably connected to the natural world. Alciato and his followers drew massively their inspiration from it. For their information about nature, the emblem authors were greatly indebted to ancient natural history, the medieval bestiaries, and the 15th- and 16th-century proto-emblematics, especially the imprese. The natural world became the main topic of, for instance, Camerarius’s botanical and zoological emblem books, and also of the ‘applied’ emblematics in drawings and decorative arts. Animal emblems are frequently quoted by naturalists (Gesner, Aldrovandi). This interdisciplinary volume aims to address these multiple connections between emblematics and Natural History in the broader perspective of their underlying ideologies – scientific, artistic, literary, political and/or religious. Contributors: Alison Saunders, Anne Rolet, Marisa Bass, Bernhard Schirg, Maren Biederbick, Sabine Kalff, Christian Peters, Frederik Knegtel, Agnes Kusler, Aline Smeesters, Astrid Zenker, Tobias Bulang, Sonja Schreiner, Paul Smith, and Karl Enenkel. ER -