The Judgment of Sense

Renaissance Naturalism and the Rise of Aesthetics

David Summers (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

380 Seiten

1990
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-38631-9 (ISBN)

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With the rise of naturalism in the art of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance there developed an extensive and diverse literature about art which helped to explain, justify and shape its new aims. In this book, David Summers provides an investigation of the philosophical and psychological notions invoked in this new theory and criticism. From a thorough examination of the sources, he shows how the medieval language of mental discourse derived from an understanding of classical thought.

List of figures; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The primacy of sight; 2. The fallacies of sight; 3. The harmony of the spheres; 4. The harmony of the senses; 5. The common sense; 6. Spiritus; 7. The light of the piazza; 8. Optics and the common sense; 9. Confused knowledge; 10. Cogitation; 11. The mechanical arts; 12. Prudence; 13. The spark of God; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.2.1990
Reihe/Serie	Ideas in Context
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 229 mm
Gewicht	569 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters
ISBN-10	0-521-38631-4 / 0521386314
ISBN-13	978-0-521-38631-9 / 9780521386319
Zustand	Neuware