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The word made visible in the painted image: perspective, proportion, witness and threshold in Italian Renaissance painting

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Abstract

This book explores the areas of perspective, proportion, witness and theological threshold in the devotional art of the Italian Renaissance, with particular reference to the painted image of Christ.

Contents

Introduction -- Setting the scene -- Perspective: fixing the eye -- Proportion: divine proportion - a balancing act -- Witness to the word made flesh -- Threshold: crossing the doorsill of the beyond -- Conclusion: the invisible made visible, the illusion made 'real'.

Publisher

  • Publication

    Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016

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  • Subject

  • Period

    • 1300-1600
    • 1450-1600

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Classification

  • ISBN

    • 1443885428
    • 9781443885423

Annotations / title notes

  • Notes

    Based on author's MA thesis and other papers, King's College, 2013-2014.

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