Available for the first time in English; An Introduction to Iconography explains the ways that artists use references and allusions to create meaning. The book presents the historical; theoretical; and practical aspects of iconography and ICONCLASS; the comprehensive iconographical indexing system developed by Henri van de Waal. It gives particular emphasis to the history of iconography; personification; allegory; and symbols; and the literary sources that inform iconographic readings; and includes annotated bibliographies of books and journal articles from around the world that are associated with iconographic research.The author of numerous articles and a four-volume reference work on Italian prints; Roelof van Straten is currently working on an iconographic index covering the prints of Goltzius and his school.
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