REVIEWS: Emblems and the Natural World. Karl A. E. Enenkel, and Paul J. Smith, eds. Intersections: Interdisciplinary Studies in Early Modern Culture 50. Leiden: Brill, 2017. xxxiv + 666 pp. $253

After what felt like an interminable winter, the tulips have begun to emerge, and the first robin has appeared. Since we read the changing of the seasons by signs, it is hardly surprising that emblems, a genre that blends the visual, textual, and symbolic so tightly, would draw their inspiration pri...

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Published inRenaissance quarterly Vol. 72; no. 1; pp. 281 - 283
Main Author Smid, Deanna
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.04.2019
Subjects
Early modern period
Essays
Interdisciplinary aspects
Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715)
Symbolism
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Summary:After what felt like an interminable winter, the tulips have begun to emerge, and the first robin has appeared. Since we read the changing of the seasons by signs, it is hardly surprising that emblems, a genre that blends the visual, textual, and symbolic so tightly, would draw their inspiration primarily from the natural world. Emblems and the Natural World brings together seventeen essays that explore the inextricable link between emblems—in books, in art, and in architecture—and the natural world from which they gather their symbolism. With its attention to text, visual art, architecture, book history, heraldry, and, of course, natural history, Emblems and the Natural World is certainly inter- and multidisciplinary and will appeal to a wide audience.
ISSN:0034-4338
1935-0236
DOI:10.1017/rqx.2018.40