Blindness
The History of a Mental Image in Western Thought
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Art History, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Moshe Barasch | ISBN: | 9781136799754 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | April 13, 2001 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Moshe Barasch |
| ISBN: | 9781136799754 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | April 13, 2001 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
This is a remarkable study of how Western culture has represented blindness, especially in that most visual of arts, painting. Moshe Barasch draws upon not only the span of art history from antiquity to the eighteenth century but also the classical and biblical traditions that underpin so much of artistic representation: Blind Homer, the healing of
This is a remarkable study of how Western culture has represented blindness, especially in that most visual of arts, painting. Moshe Barasch draws upon not only the span of art history from antiquity to the eighteenth century but also the classical and biblical traditions that underpin so much of artistic representation: Blind Homer, the healing of
