The importance of visualisation in Renaissance writing

At this the whole grove vanished, and the whole music was discovered, sitting at the foot of the mountain, with Pleasure and Virtue seated above them. The choir invited Hercules to rest with this song.." (Jonson 'Pleasure reconciled to virtue'). Discuss the importance of the visual in Renaissance writing. Visualisation is essential in Renaissance writing. In effect, the vision or the allusion is often what gives Renaissance writing its depth and success. The vision is …

…debateth with Decay." To conclude, visual in Renaissance writing is essential as it is the picture behind the words which makes it far more interesting as a reader to delve into; it is the meat which protects what the writer is feeling, the emotion that is hiding in its framework. It gives emphasis to the stories and allows the writer to reach out to the reader by creating a vision that they can relate to.