The judgment of sense : Renaissance naturalism and the rise of aesthestics
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The judgment of sense : Renaissance naturalism and the rise of aesthestics
(Ideas in context / edited by Quentin Skinner (general editor) ... [et al.])(Cambridge paperback library)
Cambridge University Press, 1990, c1987
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"First paperback edition 1990"--t.p. verso
Bibliography: p. 337-349
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- List of figures
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. The primacy of sight
- 2. The fallacies of sight
- 3. The harmony of the spheres
- 4. The harmony of the senses
- 5. The common sense
- 6. Spiritus
- 7. The light of the piazza
- 8. Optics and the common sense
- 9. Confused knowledge
- 10. Cogitation
- 11. The mechanical arts
- 12. Prudence
- 13. The spark of God
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index.
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