The absent image : lacunae in medieval books /
Guided by Aristotelian theories, medieval philosophers believed that nature abhors a vacuum. Medieval art, according to modern scholars, abhors the same. The notion of horror vacui--the fear of empty space--is thus often construed as a definitive feature of Gothic material culture. In The Absent Ima...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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University Park, Pennsylvania :
The Pennsylvania State University Press,
[2021]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- COVER Front
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- introduction
- Notes to Introduction
- Chapter 1: Imaginary Realms
- Notes to Chapter 1
- Chapter 2: Phantoms of Emptiness
- Notes to Chapter 2
- Chapter 3: Traces of Touch
- Notes to Chapter 3
- Chapter 4: Penetrating the Parchment
- Notes to Chapter 4
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index