The Humanist Interpretation of Hieroglyphs in the Allegorical Studies of the Renaissance
The Humanist Interpretation of Hieroglyphs in the Allegorical Studies of the Renaissance

Author: Karl Giehlow

Publisher: Hotei Publishing

Published: 2015-01-27

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9004281738

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The Hieroglyphenkunde by Karl Giehlow published in 1915, described variously by critics as “a masterpiece”, “magnificent”, “monumental” and “incomparable”, is here translated into English for the first time. Giehlow’s work with an initial focus on the Hieroglyphica of Horapollo, the manuscript of which was discovered by Giehlow, was a pioneering attempt to introduce the thesis that Egyptian hieroglyphics had a fundamental influence on the Italian literature of allegory and symbolism and beyond that on the evolution of all Renaissance art. The present edition includes the illustrations of Albrecht Dürer from the Pirckheimer translation of the Horapollo from the early fifteenth century.

Interpretation and Allegory
Interpretation and Allegory

Author: Whitman

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-03-28

Total Pages: 529

ISBN-13: 9004453598

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Western literary, philosophical, and religious traditions from Plato and Paul to Augustine and Avicenna have utilized, exploited, or been subjected to allegorical interpretation. Naturally developing a composite picture of interpretive allegory from such a large landscape faces numerous difficulties. As the editor puts it, “to imagine a ‘definitive’ account of the theory and practice of allegorical interpretation in the West would require something of an allegorical vision in its own right.” With that caveat in mind, however, the international team of contributors—from a variety of disciplines—offers a “historical and conceptual framework” for understanding interpretive allegory in the West, from antiquity through the early and late medieval and renaissance periods, and from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.

Mysteriously Meant
Mysteriously Meant

Author: Don Cameron Allen

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2020-02-03

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 1421435284

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Originally published in 1971. In Mysteriously Meant, Professor Allen maps the intellectual landscape of the Renaissance as he explains the discovery of an allegorical interpretation of Greek, Latin, and finally Egyptian myths and the effect this discovery had on the development of modern attitudes toward myth. He believes that to understand Renaissance literature one must understand the interpretations of classical myth known to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In unraveling the elusive strands of myth, allegory, and symbol from the fabric of Renaissance literature such as Milton's Paradise Lost, Allen is a helpful guide. His discussion of Renaissance authors is as authoritative as it is inclusive. His empathy with the scholars of the Renaissance keeps his discussion lively—a witty study of interpreters of mythography from the past.

Allegory and Epic in English Renaissance Literature
Allegory and Epic in English Renaissance Literature

Author: Kenneth Borris

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2000-10-26

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780521781299

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Challenging conventional readings of literary allegorism, this book, first published in 2000, reassesses Renaissance relations between allegory and heroic poetry.

Emblems in the Free Imperial City
Emblems in the Free Imperial City

Author: Mara R. Wade

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2024-03-04

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 900469160X

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Civic virtues were central to early modern Nürnberg’s visual culture. These essays explore Nürnberg as a location from which to study the intersection of art and power. The imperial city was awash in emblems, and they informed most aspects of everyday life. The intent of this volume is to focus new attention on the town hall emblems, while simultaneously expanding the purview of emblem studies, moving from strict iconological approaches to collaborations across methodologies and disciplines.

Hieroglyph, Emblem, and Renaissance Pictography
Hieroglyph, Emblem, and Renaissance Pictography

Author: Ludwig Volkmann

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2018-07-03

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 9004367594

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Robin Raybould’s Hieroglyph, Emblem and Renaissance Pictography is the first English translation of Ludwig Volkmann’s Bilderschriften der Renaissance, the classic text which promoted the symbol as a defining cultural and literary characteristic of early modern Europe. Volkmann enumerates and describes many of the works which illustrated the contemporary obsession with hieroglyph, emblem and device, particularly those from France and Germany, thus complementing Karl Giehlow’s earlier Hieroglyphenkunde on the subject. Volkmann’s book highlights both Renaissance theories of the image as language and the symbol as an aid to an understanding of the meaning of life and the nature of God. Raybould’s translation has been described as elegant, admirable and impeccable and includes an introduction, extensive notes and several additional essays on topics relevant to the field.