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Georges de La Tour and the enigma of the visible

Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Enigma of the Visible; 2. Spiritual Passion and the Betrayal of Painting; 3. The Visible and the Legible; 4. Flea Catching and the Vanity of Painting; 5. Painting as Portal: "Birth" and "...

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Autor Principal: Judovitz, Dalia (Author, VerfasserIn)
Formato: Online Resource Libro
Idioma:English
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press , 2018
Edición:First edition
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Acceso en liña:http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/jstor-ebooks-art/www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1xhr6jr
Títulos relacionados:Erscheint auch als: Georges de La Tour and the enigma of the visible
Notas de autor:Dalia Judovitz
E-Book Packages:JSTOR E-Books in Art, Design and Photography
Notas:FID-Lizenz "FID Kunst, Fotografie, Design" (keine Universitätslizenz)
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Summary:Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Enigma of the Visible; 2. Spiritual Passion and the Betrayal of Painting; 3. The Visible and the Legible; 4. Flea Catching and the Vanity of Painting; 5. Painting as Portal: "Birth" and "Death" of the Sacred Image; Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Color plates.
This interdisciplinary study explores George de La Tour's (1593-1652) enigmatic representations of light, vision and the visible in order to question the nature of painting and its religious, artistic and conceptual aspects. Challenging the familiarity of vision, it proposes a spiritual understanding of painting and its engagements with the world
descrición da copia:Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-152) and index
Descrición Física:1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
ISBN:9780823277452
0823277453
9780823277469
0823277461