Georges de La Tour and the enigma of the visible /
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 underst...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2018.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780823277452 0823277453 9780823277469 0823277461 9780823280551 0823280551 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- 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.