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


Door


Uittreksel

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.

Inhoud

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'.

Uitgever

  • Uitgave

    Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016

  • Jaar


Gaat over

  • Onderwerp

  • Periode

    • 1300-1600
    • 1450-1600

Type

  • Taal


Classificatie

  • ISBN

    • 1443885428
    • 9781443885423

Annotaties / titel notitie's

  • Notities

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


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