Treasuring the gaze : intimate vision in late eighteenth-century eye miniatures /

The end of the eighteenth century saw the start of a new craze in Europe: tiny portraits of single eyes that were exchanged by lovers or family members. Worn as brooches or pendants, these minuscule eyes served the same emotional need as more conventional mementoes, such as lockets containing a coil...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Grootenboer, Hanneke (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Subjects:
1700-1799
Eye in art > History > 18th century.
Gaze in art > History > 18th century.
Portrait miniatures > Europe > History > 18th century.
Visual perception in art.
Intimacy (Psychology) in art.
Œil dans l'art > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Regard dans l'art > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Portraits en miniature > Europe > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Perception visuelle dans l'art.
Intimité dans l'art.
CRAFTS & HOBBIES > Miniatures.
Eye in art.
Gaze in art.
Portrait miniatures.
Europe.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: An overlooked episode in vision's history
  • 1. Intimate vision: the portrait miniature's structure of address
  • 2. Gazing games: eye portraits and the two sexes of sight
  • 3. The crying image: the withdrawal of the gaze
  • 4. Intimate as extimate: the gaze as part-object
  • 5. The face becoming eye: portraiture's minimum
  • Conclusion: The eye portrait's afterlife.

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