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Refiguring the Real: Picture and Modernity in Word and Image, 1400-1700
Hardback
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 |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:338 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | Art and design styles - c 1600 to c 1800 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691630236
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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 |
19 April 2016 |
| 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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