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CHEW, Samuel C. Pilgrimage of Life : An Exploration into the Renaissance Mind
Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1962,
CHEW, Samuel C. The Pilgrimage of Life : An Exploration into the Renaissance Mind . New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1962. Pp. [i]-xxv,(1),1-449,(1),76 of plates,(4). Illustrated. Large 8vo, red cloth with gilt decoration to front, gilt lettering to spine, and vertical gilt wraparound title andblurb band over front board. "In his fascinating study, the late Samuel C. Chew examines the relationship between literature and pictorial art fromm 1485 to 1642. This richly illustrated work is based upon the author's collection and meticulous analysis of iconological evidence from the Renaissancedealing with the concept of man as a pilgrim, journeying through the munda ne world toward a heavenly destination. ... He considers personified abstractions -- such as The Stoic Virtues, The Seven Deadly Sins, Time, Fate, Death, Justice, Old Age, and Fidelity -- and explores the corpus of symbols available to the painter, the sculptor, the engraveer, the tapestry weaver, the designer of pageantry, the poet, and the writer of imaginative prose, developing the idea that 'painting is silent poetry and poetry is painting that speaks'." - from the band. Musty, top edge spotted, head of wraparound band chipped, personal acquisition note inked to gutter of preface leaf, else vg. 50.00
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50.00 CDN
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