The Judgment of Sense: Renaissance Naturalism and the Rise of AestheticsCambridge University Press, 1990 M02 23 - 365 pages With the rise of naturalism in the art of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance there developed an extensive and diverse literature about art which helped to explain, justify and shape its new aims. In this book, David Summers provides an investigation of the philosophical and psychological notions invoked in this new theory and criticism. From a thorough examination of the sources, he shows how the medieval language of mental discourse derived from an understanding of classical thought. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 | 23 |
The primacy of sight | 32 |
The fallacies of sight | 42 |
The harmony of the spheres | 50 |
The common sense | 71 |
Spiritus | 110 |
The light of the piazza | 125 |
Lomazzo on the judgment of the eye | 176 |
Charlottesville Virginia | 180 |
Cogitation | 198 |
The mechanical arts | 235 |
Robert Kilwardby | 257 |
12 | 266 |
The spark of | 283 |
Conclusions | 311 |
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The Judgment of Sense: Renaissance Naturalism and the Rise of Aesthestics David Summers No preview available - 1987 |
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