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Refiguring the Real: Picture and Modernity in Word and Image, 1400-1700
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Refiguring the Real: Picture and Modernity in Word and Image, 1400-1700
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Christopher Braider
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Series | Princeton Legacy Library |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:338 | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152 |
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Category/Genre | Art and design styles - c 1600 to c 1800 |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780691600291
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Classifications | Dewey:709.03 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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Publication Date |
8 March 2015 |
Publication Country |
United States
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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
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