Figures of speech

picturing proverbs in renaissance Netherlands

1st ed.
Figures of speech
Walter S. Gibson, Walter S. Gi ...
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Figures of speech

picturing proverbs in renaissance Netherlands

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Figures of speech: picturing proverbs in renaissance Netherlands
2010, University of California Press
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Table of Contents

A passion for proverbs
The proverb portrayed
From hay to turnips: the curious career of a Bosch invention
Loquacious pictures: twelve emblematic proverb engravings
The Battle for the breeches: a proverb in the making
Conclusion: figures of fun and folly.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Berkeley

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
760/.0446
Library of Congress
N7780 .G53 2010, N7780.G53 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23655462M
ISBN 13
9780520259546
LCCN
2009031956
OCLC/WorldCat
429475394

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