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The Gaze from Above: Reflections on Cosmic Eyes in Visual Culture

The Gaze from Above: Reflections on Cosmic Eyes in Visual Culture

Baert, B.

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Series: Art & Religion, Book 11

Art HistoryReligion General

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ISBN10: 9042946156
ISBN13: 9789042946156
Publisher: Peeters
Published: Oct 15 2021
Pages: 181
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.63 Width: 7.09 Depth: 10.08
Language: English
When gazing into the vast expanse of 'the universe', humankindexperiences the universal desire to fathom the mystery of its creation.We utilize our unique ability to express ourselves through artisticmeans to make this mystery tangible, transmuting the secrets of thecosmos into stunning objects and ingenious symbols. Through a deepengagement with recent iconological methods the author travels up anddown a methodological Jacob's ladder, between the artist's gazes fromthe earth to the sky. The reader is treated to studies on a wide varietyof objects and mediums, ranging from the embroidery of Girone, theHereford mappa mundi to the genesis cycle in the Saint Mark'sBasilica in Venice. The author reconsiders the iconic gaze of van Eyck'slamb and enters Danaë's uncanny, voyeuristic space in the painting byJan Gossaert. Meanwhile, she allows other thinkers to explore thesequestions alongside her. She turns to Erwin Panofsky, who writes abouthis fascination with Galileo Galilei's telescope, and finally Lars vonTrier and his movie Melancholia gets to call it Schluss.

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