ISBN:
9780203827215
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 184 Seiten)
,
Illustrationen
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Baraš, Moše, 1920 - 2004 Blindness
DDC:
305.9/08161
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Electronic books
;
Blindheit
;
Kunst
;
Geschichte
;
Blindheit
;
Geistesgeschichte
;
Blindheit
;
Kunst
;
Literatur
Abstract:
First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
Description / Table of Contents:
Blindness The History of a Mental Image in Western Thought ; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Antiquity; Attitudes of the Bible; Classical Antiquity: Causes of Blindness; Blindness and Guilt; The Blind Seer; Ate; Visual Representations; A Concluding Note; 2 The Blind in the Early Christian World; The Healing of the Blind; Blindness and Revelation: The Stoty of Paul; A Concluding Observation; 3 The Middle Ages; The Antichrist; Allegorical Blindness; The Blind Beggar; The Blind and His Guide; 4 The Renaissance and Its Sequel; The Blind Beggar
Description / Table of Contents:
Metaphorical BlindnessThe Revival of the Blind Seer; Early Secularizations of the Blind; 5 The Disenchantment of Blindness: Diderot's Lettre sur les aveugles; Notes; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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