Figures of speech : picturing proverbs in renaissance Netherlands /
Gibson, Walter S.
Berkeley : University of California Press,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references 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 -- Conclusion: figures of fun and folly.
Proverbs in art.
Art, Renaissance
Art, Renaissance
Art, Netherlandish.