Leon Battista Alberti and Nicholas Cusanus - Towards an Epistemology of Vision for Italian Renaissance Art

List of contents

List of Illustrations, Preface: Perspectiva ut Poesis, Acknowledgements, 1. Alberti and Cusanus: An Overview, 2. On Painting: Setting the Stage and "Tutta la Storia", 3. The Eye of the Mind: Where it Goes, What it Sees, 4. Divine and Human Vision: Perspective and the Coincidence of Opposites, 5. Disclosing Metaphors 1: Ways into Perspective, 6. Disclosing Metaphors 2: The Window, The Flower, and The Map, Conclusion, Bibliography, Index

Product details

• Authors: Charles H. Carman, Carman Charles H.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.08.2021
• EAN: 9780367433284
• ISBN: 978-0-367-43328-4
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Visual Culture in Early Modernity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / General, The arts: general issues, HISTORY / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, ART / History / General, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Historiography, Religion: general, General & world history, c 1500 onwards to present day, Historiography, History of Art, Archaeology, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Language: reference & general, Language: reference and general, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Renaissance art, General and world history, Renaissance style, History and Archaeology, C 1600 To C 1700, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, The arts: general topics