02620nam 2200589 450 991045154090332120210210010857.01-281-16404-697866111640410-19-153047-61-4294-8992-8(CKB)1000000000409145(EBL)416024(OCoLC)476246592(SSID)ssj0000266715(PQKBManifestationID)11213429(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000266715(PQKBWorkID)10304954(PQKB)11498825(MiAaPQ)EBC416024(MiAaPQ)EBC4700171(EXLCZ)99100000000040914520170814h20072007 uy 0engtxtccrVanities of the eye vision in early modern European culture /Stuart ClarkOxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,2007.©20071 online resource (428 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-925013-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Species : visions and values -- Fantasies : seeing without what was within -- Prestiges : illusions in magic and art -- Glamours : demons and virtual worlds -- Images : the reformation of the eyes -- Apparitions : the discernment of spirits -- Sights : King Saul and King Macbeth -- Seemings : philosophical scepticism -- Dreams : the epistemology of sleep -- Signs : vision and the new philosophy.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 relVisionPhilosophy, ModernEuropeCivilizationElectronic books.Vision.Philosophy, Modern.121.35121/.35Clark Stuart223740MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451540903321Vanities of the eye258237UNINA