LEADER 03050nam 2200505 450 001 9910418291503321 005 20211214195610.0 010 $a1-4331-4836-6 010 $a1-4331-4835-8 024 8 $ahttps://doi.org/10.3726/b14280 035 $a(CKB)4100000007696491 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5704465 035 $a(ScCtBLL)e5fadb09-707f-4d04-aebe-2fd86da36939 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007696491 100 $a20190307d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSeeing Renaissance glass $eart, optics, and glass of early modern Italy, 1250-1425 /$fSarah M. Dillon 210 1$aNew York :$cPeter Lang,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (234 pages) 311 $a1-4331-4834-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aWith the invention of eyeglasses around 1280 near Pisa, the mundane medium of glass transformed early modern optical technology and visuality. It also significantly influenced contemporaneous art, religion, and science. References to glass are found throughout the Bible and in medieval hagiography and poetry. For instance, glass is mentioned in descriptions of Heavenly Jerusalem, the Beatific Vision, and the Incarnation. At the same time, a well-known Islamic scientific treatise, which likened a portion of the eye's anatomy to glass, entered the scientific circles of the Latin West. Amidst this complex web of glass-related phenomena early modern Italian artists used glass in some of their most important artworks but, until now, no study has offered a comprehensive consideration of the important role glass played in shaping the art of the Italian Renaissance. Seeing Renaissance Glass explores how artists such as Giotto, Duccio, Nicola Pisano, Simone Martini, and others employed the medium of glass-whether it be depictions of glass or actual glass in the form of stained glass, gilded glass, and transparent glass-to resonate with the period's complex visuality and achieve their artistic goals. Such an interdisciplinary approach to the visual culture of early modern Italy is particularly well-suited to an introductory humanities course as well as classes on media studies and late medieval and early Renaissance art history. It is also ideal for a general reader interested in art history or issues of materiality. 606 $aOptics and art$zItaly$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aGlass 606 $aGlass art$xHistory 607 $aItaly$xCivilization$y476-1268 607 $aItaly$xCivilization$y1268-1559 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aOptics and art$xHistory 615 0$aGlass. 615 0$aGlass art$xHistory. 676 $a748.0945 700 $aDillon$b Sarah M.$f1979-$0945757 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910418291503321 996 $aSeeing Renaissance glass$92135800 997 $aUNINA