Collecting Ancient Proverbs in Renaissance Netherlands and Shaping of the New Visuality ; «Збирання» античних прислів’їв у Нідерландах першої половини XVI ст. та формування нової візуальності

This paper focuses on the study of the ways in which the revival of reintegration into European culture, particularly in the culture of the Netherlands, ancient proverbs and sayings – the so-called "adagia" – took place. Both Humanists’ collections of adagia and artistic depictions of proverbs fall within the scope of our research. Firstly, we will show how the great preoccupation with ancient proverbs shifted toward vernacular ones. Secondly, we will explore how proverbial expressions were transposed into pictures. Erasmus of Rotterdam, the famous Dutch humanist was among the first ones to pu... Mehr ...