cÆsare ripa: reflective iconology

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Cesare Ripa (c. 1560 – c. 1645)

and his famous Iconology


Covers of the earlier Italian editions of Iconology

btw, a mirror


Covers of the British – and Russian! - editions


Iconology was immensely impactful; Vermeer’s Clio clearly refers to

the prescription by Ripa


Contemporary editions

art mirrors art 2014 © © 13 (thirteen!) Popes of Ripa’s life


Cardinal Antonio Maria Salviati


Piero Valeriano Bolzani

Hieroglyphica (1556)


Andrea Alciato

Emblemata (1531)


Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite Hierarchia Celesti (c. 5th century AD)


Format of an article in the original edition


Format of an article in British edition

art mirrors art 2014 © © All mirrors of Cesare Ripa


**** Ammaestrammento / Instruction ****


**** Apprehensiva / Apprehension ****


**** Astronomia / Astronomy **** (False – it’s Astrolabe)


**** Bellezza / Beauty ****

(False – it’s Compasses)


**** Chiarezza / Clearness **** (False – it’s Sun)


**** Contento / Content(ment) ****


**** Dottrina / Learning **** (False – it’s Sun)


**** Diffegno / Designing ****


**** Fidelta / Fidelity **** (False – it’s Seal)


**** Imitatione / Imitation **** (False – it’s Mask) (but what about Monkey?)


**** Fraude / Fraud **** (False – it’s Mask)


**** Operatione Perfetta / Perfect Work ****


**** Prudenza / Prudence ****


**** Scienza / Science ****


**** Origine d’Amore / Origin of Love ****


**** Libidine / Lust (Luxury) ****


****Vanita / Vanity ****


Many other interesting things: e.g., Philosophy and Eternity.


Paganism


??


Time


Time: Two mirrors


Colored edition


Iconology, herself with a mirror


Luis XV's Bureau du Roi

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