Resumen de The "paragone" between word and image in "impresa" literature
The writer discusses the role the debate about the relative power of visual and written expression (paragone) played in Renaissance literature on imprese. The impresa was a symbolic construction consisting of a brief illustration accompanied by a motto. How each of these components contributed to the expression of the device's meaning was one of the main preoccupations of the 16th-century theorists who sought to define its mechanisms. The writer goes on to examine how impresa theorists engaged with the paragone between painting and poetry.
