The Verbal and the Visual: Essays in Honor of William Sebastain Heckscher

History of art, iconography, emblemata and symbol. Includes: Elizabeth Sears, Foreword and Bibliography of Recent Works of William Sebastian Heckscher; Frank Baron, "From Witchcraft to Doctor Faustus"; Jan Bialostocki, "The Dichotomy of Good and Evil in the Visual Arts: Remarks on Some Aspects"; Virginia W. Callahan, "The Erasmus-Hercules Equation in the Emblems of Alciati"; Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, "Arcimboldo's Serious Jokes: 'Mysterious but Long Meaning'"; Lubomír Konecny, "'L'accord interrompu': An Emblematic Source for Mathieu Le Nain"; Carl Nordenfalk, "The Sense of Touch in Art"; Martin Ostwald, "On Interpreting Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus"; Charles Parkhurst, "Roger Bacon on Color: Sources, Theories, and Influence"; Karl-Ludwig Selig, "Don Quixote and the Game of Chess"; Egon Verheyen, "The Triumphal Arch on the Lido: On the Reliability of Eyewitness Accounts"; Michael Vickers, "Wandering Stones: Venice, Constantinople, and Athens." 270 pages, 47 illustrations. Preface, bibliography, index.