Vanities of the eye : vision in early modern European culture / Stuart Clark.
Vanities of the eye : vision in early modern European culture / Stuart Clark.
Vanities of the eye : vision in early modern European culture / Stuart Clark.
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N121.35/1
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English
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Physical content
xi, 415 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. Species : vision and values -- 2. Fantasies : seeing without what was within -- 3. Prestiges : illusions in magic and art -- 4. Glamours : demons and virtual worlds -- 5. Images : the reformation of the eyes -- 6. Apparitions : the discernment of spirits -- 7. Sights : King Saul and King Macbeth...
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2007.
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"Vanities of the Eye investigates the cultural history of the senses in early modern Europe, a time in which the nature and reliability of human vision was the focus of much debate. In medicine, art theory, science, religion, and philosophy, sight came to be characterised as uncertain or paradoxical - mental images no longer resembled the external...
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Vanities of the eye : vision in early modern European culture / Stuart Clark.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N121.35/1
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74VKRBbWpyxb
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ISBN
0199250138 (hbk.) :
9780199250134 (hbk.) :
DDC
121.35
MMS ID
991023284559702626
