Figures of speech
Subtitle: picturing proverbs in renaissance Netherlands
By: Walter S. Gibson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780520259546
Subjects: Proverbs in art; Art, Renaissance -- Netherlands; Art, Renaissance -- Belgium; Art, Netherlandish
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A passion for proverbs; title: The proverb portrayed; title: From hay to turnips: the curious career of a Bosch invention; title: Loquacious pictures: twelve emblematic proverb engravings; title: The Battle for the breeches: a proverb in the making; title: Conclusion: figures of fun and folly.