Vanities of the eye : vision in early modern European culture /
In this original and fascinating book, Stuart Clark investigates the cultural history of the senses in early modern Europe. At a time in which the nature and reliability of human vision was a focus for debate in medicine, art theory, science, and philosophy, there was an explosion of interest in the...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Species : visions and values
- Fantasies : seeing without what was within
- Prestiges : illusions in magic and art
- Glamours : demons and virtual worlds
- Images : the reformation of the eyes
- Apparitions : the discernment of spirits
- Sights : King Saul and King Macbeth
- Seemings : philosophical scepticism
- Dreams : the epistemology of sleep
- Signs : vision and the new philosophy.