Trecento visuality and the visual arts: The role of glass and the influence of optics on Italian art of the fourteenth century
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Title
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Trecento visuality and the visual arts: The role of glass and the influence of optics on Italian art of the fourteenth century
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:bdb79d2806ba:11646
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identifier
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12263
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Creator
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Dillon, Sarah M.,
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Contributor
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James Saslow
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Date
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2013
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Art history | Medieval history | Science history | Giotto | glass | optics | Trecento | verre eglomise | visuality
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Abstract
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This project explores several facets of Trecento visuality as related phenomena and argues that the theoretical and spiritual conceptions of vision were inextricably linked to developments in optical technology, the practical experience of vision, and the visual arts. It does so by elucidating the role of sight and light in private devotional practices by examining religious art, especially reliquaries, which incorporate transparent glass.;Early modern transparent glass had many functional uses---ranging from storage vessels to lenses, it was relatively cost-efficient, it was mentioned by ancient authors and natural scientists, and it was employed in religious symbolism. An examination of the many cultural associations that glass held in Trecento Italy demonstrates the ways a viewer used transparent glass in order to meditate their relationship with their world and their religious beliefs through their visual experiences and spiritual insights.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Art History
