Trato neles como se as tivera estampadas: exceptions to emblemata muda

Gomes, L. (2021) Trato neles como se as tivera estampadas: exceptions to emblemata muda. Renaissance Society of America Virtual 2021, 13-22 April 2021. (Unpublished)

Abstract

When Vasco Mousinho de Quevedo Castelo Branco published his emblems in Portuguese language in 1596, in Lisbon, no formal pictura were used. This has generated discussions on whether these were ‘true’, but defective, tri-partite emblems, or whether they were emblemata muda in their genesis. We analyse the emblems in the wider context of the author’s oeuvre, and propose that Quevedo offers a double-edged excuse for this shortcoming: the success of the work relies on the reader’s familiarity with emblem literature in late-sixteenth-century Portugal, whilst engaging with the reader in developing alternative notions of what constitutes an emblem.

• Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item
• Keywords: Emblems, Portuguese emblem, emblemata muda, emblemas em português.
• Status: Unpublished
• Refereed: No
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Gomes, Dr Luis
• Authors: Gomes, L.
• Subjects: N Fine Arts > NE Print media; N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general; P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0080 Criticism
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > Hispanic Studies
• Research Group: SMLC Stirling Maxwell Centre