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Emblemas doctrinales
2020
ABSTRACT: This study proposes to determine the emblematic character of a type of catechetical-doctrinal composition, influenced by Alciato’s Emblems, that emerged at the height of the dispute between Catholics and Protestants and their attempt to refute and extend their contradictions and respective doctrines. Starting from the notion that the emblem is a «transfigured common place», I analyze the massive use of these commonplaces in theological and doctrinal treatises, and conclude that both the compositions that formed the catechisms and emblematized sums, as well as many of the paintings and other artistic compositions that derive from them, can be considered emblems in their purity, tho…
Los icones de varones ilustres: un género emblemático
2015
ABSTRACT: In this study I analyze a group of books structured around a variant of the classical emblem based upon an illustrious personage, in which a portrait serves as the pictura and the name constitutes the motto. My purpose is to introduce what I consider to be a subgenre of emblematic literature and highlight some of its major works. I hope to spur interest in the further study of this subgenre, and thus move towards a more suitable conceptualization of the emblem for the purpose of its scientific analysis. KEYWORDS: icons, illustrious men, portrait, emblem theory RESUMEN: En este articulo se analiza un grupo de libros estructurados con una variante del emblema clasico construida en t…
La Biblia como lugar común
2020
Este trabajo trata de determinar el carácter emblemático de un tipo de composiciones catequetico-doctrinales surgidas, por influencia de los Emblemas de Alciato, en el momento cumbre de la disputa entre católicos y protestantes y su intento de refutar y extender sus contrarías y respectivas doctrinas. Partiendo de un concepto de emblema como «lugar común transfigurado» y tras analizar el empleo masivo de estos lugares en la tratados teológicos y doctrinales, se acaba concluyendo que tanto las composiciones que conformaron los catecismos y sumas emblematizadas como muchos de los cuadros y otras composiciones artísticas que de ellos se derivan, pueden ser considerados emblemas en puridad y no…