Seeing and being seen in the later medieval world: optics, theology, and religious life

During the later Middle Ages people became increasingly obsessed with vision, visual analogies and the possibility of visual error. In this book Dallas Denery addresses the question of what medieval men and women thought it meant to see themselves and others in relation to the world and to God. Expl...

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Subtitles:Seeing & Being Seen in the Later Medieval World
主要作者: Denery, Dallas G. 1964- (Author)
格式: 电子 图书
语言:English
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出版: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2005.
In:Year: 2005
丛编:Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought 4th ser., 63
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 视觉 / 神学家 / Perspektivismus / Optik / 宗教生活 / 历史 1250-1500
B Visuelle Wahrnehmung / 历史 1250-1500
Further subjects:B Vision ; Religious aspects ; Christianity ; History of doctrines ; Middle Ages, 600-1500
B 视觉 Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines, Middle Ages, 600-1500
B 视觉 Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines Middle Ages, 600-1500
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
Print version: 9780521827843
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总结:During the later Middle Ages people became increasingly obsessed with vision, visual analogies and the possibility of visual error. In this book Dallas Denery addresses the question of what medieval men and women thought it meant to see themselves and others in relation to the world and to God. Exploring the writings of Roger Bacon, Duns Scotus, Peter Aureol and Nicholas of Autrecourt in light of an assortment of popular religious guides for preachers, confessors and penitents, including Peter of Limoges' Treatise on the Moral Eye, he illustrates how the question preoccupied medieval men and women on both an intellectual and practical level. This book offers a unique interdisciplinary examination of the interplay between religious life, perspectivist optics and theology. Denery presents significant new insights into the medieval psyche and conception of the self, ensuring that this book will appeal to historians of medieval science and those of medieval religious life and theology.
Ponderare Statera Meditationis : self as self-presentation in early Dominican religious life -- The devil in human form : confession, deception, and self-knowledge -- Peter of Limoges, perspectivist optics, and the displacement of vision -- Normalizing error : Peter Aureol on the importance of appearances -- Probability and perspective : Nicholas of Autrecourt and the fragmentation of vision
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
ISBN:051149646X
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511496462