Refiguring the Real: Picture and Modernity in Word and Image, 1400-1700

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Refiguring the Real: Picture and Modernity in Word and Image, 1400-1700
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Christopher Braider
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:338
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152
Category/GenreArt and design styles - c 1600 to c 1800
ISBN/Barcode 9780691600291
ClassificationsDewey:709.03
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 8 March 2015
Publication Country United States

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