| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 415 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Species : visions and values -- Fantasies : seeing without what was within -- Prestiges : illusions in magic and art -- Glamours : demons and virtual worlds -- Images : the reformation of the eyes -- Apparitions : the discernment of spirits -- Sights : King Saul and King Macbeth -- Seemings : philosophical scepticism -- Dreams : the epistemology of sleep -- Signs : vision and the new philosophy. |
| Summary |
In this original and fascinating book, Stuart Clark investigates the cultural history of the senses in early modern Europe. At a time in which the nature and reliability of human vision was a focus for debate in medicine, art theory, science, and philosophy, there was an explosion of interest in the truth (or otherwise) of miracles, dreams, magic, and witchcraft. Was seeing really believing? Vanities of the Eye wonderfully illustrates how this was woven into contemporary. works such as Macbeth - deeply concerned with the dangers of visual illusion - and exposes early modern theories on the rel. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Vision.
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Vision. |
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Philosophy, Modern.
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Philosophy, Modern. |
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Europe -- Civilization.
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Europe. |
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Civilization. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Clark, Stuart. Vanities of the eye. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 9780199250134 0199250138 (OCoLC)74522281 |
| ISBN |
0191530476 (electronic book) |
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9780191530470 (electronic book) |
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0199250138 (Cloth) |
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9780199250134 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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