Vanities of the eye : vision in early modern European culture
"Vanities of the Eye investigates the cultural history of the senses in early modern Europe, a time in which the nature and reliability of human vision was the focus of much debate."--Jacket
Student Collection
xi, 415 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780199250134, 0199250138
74522281
Species : visions and values
Fantasies : seeing without what was within
Prestiges : illusions in magic and art
Glamours : demons and virtual worlds
Images : the reformation of the eyes
Apparitions : the discernment of spirits
Sights : King Saul and King Macbeth
Seemings : philosophical scepticism
Dreams : the epistemology of sleep
Signs : vision and the new philosophy