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Смерть животных в барочной эмблеме
The Death of Animals in the Baroque emblem

Author(s): Maria Nenarokova
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Death; animal; Baroque; emblem; didacticity

Summary/Abstract: The Baroque emblem in an allegorical form conveys certain ideas to the reader. Man of the Baroque era perceived the world as a book. All elements of the universe served as signs, and certain ideas were conveyed with their help. The Baroque emblem, being a combination of the signs in question, represented an allegorical image. Death, the death of animals in particular, could teach a person a moral lesson, that is why the death of animals is represented quite widely in the emblem books. Emblems often contain a certain precept or denunciation of a vice, but they can point to a role model. Deer, lion, phoenix are represented most often in the emblems depicting the death of animals.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 321-332
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian