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 relationship between the real and the virtual.…mehr
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 relationship between the real and the virtual.
Stuart Clark was born in 1942 in Marple, Cheshire. He studied at University of Wales, Swansea and at Cambridge. He was senior lecturer in the Department of History at UW Swansea from 1995-98 and then Professor from 1998 to the present. He has been a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and Lilly Fellow at the National Humanities Centre, North Carolina. He was elected to the British Academy in 2000.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface 1: Species: Vision and values 2: Fantasies: Seeing without what was within 3: Prestiges: Illusions in magic and art 4: Glamours: Demons and virtual worlds 5: Images: The reformation of the eyes 6: Apparitions: The discernment of spirits 7: Sights: King Saul and King Macbeth 8: Seemings: Philosophical scepticism 9: Dreams: The epistemology of sleep 10: Signs: Vision and the new philosophy Bibliography
Preface 1: Species: Vision and values 2: Fantasies: Seeing without what was within 3: Prestiges: Illusions in magic and art 4: Glamours: Demons and virtual worlds 5: Images: The reformation of the eyes 6: Apparitions: The discernment of spirits 7: Sights: King Saul and King Macbeth 8: Seemings: Philosophical scepticism 9: Dreams: The epistemology of sleep 10: Signs: Vision and the new philosophy Bibliography
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