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The Affective and Hermeneutic Functions of the Mindful Picture, 1500-1700.
Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2026 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Melion, Walter S.
- Series:
- Intersections Series
- Intersections Series ; v.105
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (849 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : BRILL, 2026.
- Summary:
- The Affective and Hermeneutic Functions of the Mindful Picture examines paintings, drawings, and prints that use various representational contrivances to call attention to their status as pictorial images, in ways calculated both to stir the emotions and to incite interpretation.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Series Information
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Figures
- Notes on the Editors
- Notes on the Contributors
- Chapter 1 Introduction: the Affective and Hermeneutic Functions of the Mindful Picture
- Part 1 Materials, Artifice, and Agencies of the Hand
- Part 2 Thinking and Picturing
- Part 3 Self-Reflexive Image-Making
- Part 4 Spectators at the Threshold
- Part 5 Emblematic Intertexts
- Index Nominum
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9789004764484
- OCLC:
- 1612731435
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