Figures of speech :
Gibson, Walter S.
Figures of speech : picturing proverbs in renaissance Netherlands / Walter S. Gibson. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010. - xv, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-228) and index.
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.
9780520259546 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520259548 (cloth : alk. paper)
2009031956
Proverbs in art.
Art, Renaissance--Netherlands.
Art, Renaissance--Belgium.
Art, Netherlandish.
N 7780 .G53 2010
Figures of speech : picturing proverbs in renaissance Netherlands / Walter S. Gibson. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010. - xv, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-228) and index.
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.
9780520259546 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520259548 (cloth : alk. paper)
2009031956
Proverbs in art.
Art, Renaissance--Netherlands.
Art, Renaissance--Belgium.
Art, Netherlandish.
N 7780 .G53 2010