Vision, reflection, and desire in western painting / David Summers.
Vision, reflection, and desire in western painting / David Summers.
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Publisher
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
Call Numbers
N759/16
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Language
English
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
Shadow-painting and scene-painting: the beginnings of optics and classical art -- Speculum animatum -- Speculum mundi -- Narcissus and the mirror without stain -- Afterword: perspective, optics, and the material subject.
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Publisher
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2007.
Place of Publication
North Carolina
Date Published
2007.
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Access Conditions
State Reference Library copy: To be issued in Supervised Use Area.
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Summary
"The spread of understanding of how light is transmitted, reflected, and refracted is evident in the works of artists such as Brunelleschi, van Eyck, Alberti, and Leonardo. Summers shows how the artists' uses of modeling, highlighting, and foreshortening, for example, create points of view to achieve desired effects and "persuade" the eye and mind....
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Vision, reflection, and desire in western painting / David Summers.
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Notes
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Bettie Allison Rand lectures in art history.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other version (online)
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N759/16
Record Identifier
74VK3wO7d6pb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK3wO7d6pb
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ISBN
9780807831106 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
759
MMS ID
991023644039702626
