Iconologie par figures

By Hubert François Gravelot

Subjects: Emblems in art, Iconology in 18th Century, Early works to 1800, Emblems, Symbolism in art, Allegories

Description: This book is one of the most eminent examples of iconology in revolutionary France. Published in 1791, two years after Frenc Revolution, takes elements from Ripa´s Iconology in a new context: the birth of Republican Age in Europe. The complete work is the result of a colaborative labor of the french artist François Boucher, the engravings of Gravelot and the simbols compilation due to Cochin