Metaphor and Exlibris

Abstract

The subject of metaphor has been studied from the rhetoric in the Ancient ages until today in different areas like philosophy, linguistics, semantics, education and psychology. Metaphor has a significant place in present post-modern discourse and it is open to multidisciplinary approaches as a concept. Metaphors in art and design are carrier elements that form the conceptual structure and content configuration of a work. In this sense, metaphors constitute the backbone of a work and studying their relations with the art of exlibris is an area that provides broad opportunities where secret links can be discovered.