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Refiguring the Real: Picture and Modernity in Word and Image, 1400-1700
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Full Title:
Refiguring the Real: Picture and Modernity in Word and Image, 1400-1700
Contributors:
By (Author) Christopher Braider
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
19th May 2015
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
709.03
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
338
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
454g
Description
In a major analysis of pictorial forms from the late Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, Christopher Braider argues that the painted image provides a metaphor and model for all other modes of expression in Western culture--particularly literature, philosophy, religion, and science. Because critics have conventionally explained visual images in terms
