Focus and scope

Nature and subject matter of study

 IMAGO. Revista de Emblemática y Cultura Visual publishes scientific studies, with methodological rigour, on the image in all its senses: graphic, literary, mental, etc. It pays special attention to -not only- those manifestations of the Modern Age founded on verb-visual rhetoric, which constitute a source for the History of Culture, as it is -among others- the emblematic in all its modalities. In particular, the following:

  1. a) Analysis of emblematic manifestations in relation to their literary and graphic sources.
  2. b) Study of the presence of emblematic rhetoric in the visual arts.
  3. c) Study of the presence of emblematic rhetoric in literature.
  4. d) Analysis and iconographic interpretation of the visual arts.
  5. e) Diachronic aspects of the image, or analysis of iconographic types in their continuity and variation in time and space, and also in relation to their literary sources.
  6. f) Study of the presence of the emblematic and the Visual Culture in ephemeral manifestations and festive scenographies, especially of the Renaissance and Baroque.
  7. g) Study of the emblematic and the Visual Culture in relation to other aspects: the literature, the printing and the history of the book, the history of the engraving, etc.
  8. h) The survival of the emblematic and visual rhetoric in the contemporary world, especially in the new visuality and audiovisual media.
  9. i) New directions in emblematic studies.
  10. j) Methodological aspects for a history of culture from the study of the image.
  11. k) New technologies for image study.
  12. l) Descriptive reviews and reviews of books on emblematic and Visual Culture.

Regardless of their scientific value, those articles that do not conform to the aforementioned aspects, which make up the editorial line of the journal, will be rejected.

Criteria for manuscript evaluation

Articles submitted to IMAGO should represent a significant advancement of knowledge, and fulfill these basic criteria:

  1. a) Originality and novelty of results
  2. b) Relevance: the article must be useful and offer an advance knowledge in its area
  3. c) Methodological quality resulting in reliability and academic validity
  4. d) Good presentation: clear and precise writing, logical consistency and good quality images

Before the blind peer review, all texts are subjected to a first review by the Editorial Board, which will take into account the above criteria, in addition to compliance with the general and orthotypographic rules.

Editorial priority

IMAGO may include monographic issues, without excluding other articles. In any case, the editorial priority is chronological: articles are published in the order of their final acceptance.

Sections and extensions

The journal comprises the following sections: EDITORIAL, STUDIES, DOSSIER, NOTES, BOOK REVIEWS and NEWS. The maximum length (with spaces) of the contributions will be as follows: studies and dossier, 35.000 characters; notes, 20.000 characters, and book reviews 10.000 characters.

ISSN digital: 2254-9633 / ISSN impresión: 2171-0147