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Georges de La Tour and the enigma of the visible
- Title
- Georges de La Tour and the enigma of the visible / Dalia Judovitz.
- Author
- Judovitz, Dalia
- Publication
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2018.
- ©2018
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | ND553.L28 J83 2018 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiv, 158 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color); 24 cm
- Summary
- "Not rediscovered until the twentieth century, the works of Georges de La Tour retain an aura of mystery. Their veritable celebration of light and the familiar, visible world, blinds the beholder to a deeper understanding of the meanings associated with vision and the visible in the early modern period"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-152) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The Enigma of the Visible -- Spiritual Passion and the Betrayal of Painting -- The Visible and the Legible -- Flea Catching and the Vanity of Painting -- Painting as Portal: "Birth" and "Death" of the Sacred Image -- Epilogue.
- ISBN
- 9780823277438
- 0823277437
- 9780823277445
- 0823277445
- LCCN
- 2017022682
- 40027619447
- OCLC
- ocn987376413
- 987376413
- SCSB-8907458
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries