EMBLEMS, THE POTENTIAL AND THE UNREAL
  • Time and mode

The choice of Hercules implies the idea of choosing between two potential options: it is significant that this seminal text on iconology should have dealt with an anecdote implying options, and thus modality.

  • Animations and emblematic narratives

Present-day animations reproduce the narrative sense in emblematic Renaissance stories

the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili