Judgment of Sense - Renaissance Naturalism and the Rise of Aesthetics

In this book, David Summers provides an investigation of the philosophical and psychological notions invoked in this new theory and criticism.

List of contents

List of figures; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The primacy of sight; 2. The fallacies of sight; 3. The harmony of the spheres; 4. The harmony of the senses; 5. The common sense; 6. Spiritus; 7. The light of the piazza; 8. Optics and the common sense; 9. Confused knowledge; 10. Cogitation; 11. The mechanical arts; 12. Prudence; 13. The spark of God; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: David Summers
• Assisted by: Quentin Skinner (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.02.1990
• EAN: 9780521386319
• ISBN: 978-0-521-38631-9
• No. of pages: 380
• Series: Ideas in Context; Ideas in Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works