Published: 2019-12-25

The Death of Animals in the Baroque emblem

Maria Nenarokova Logo ORCID

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.

Keywords:

death , animal , Baroque , emblem , didacticity

Citation rules

Nenarokova, M. (2019). The Death of Animals in the Baroque emblem. Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, (5), 321–332. https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2019.05.26

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No. 5 (2019)
Published: 2019-12-31


ISSN: 2719-2687
eISSN: 2451-3849
Ikona DOI 10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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