The spaces that never were in early modern art
Subtitle: an exploration of edges and frontiers
By: by Jelena Todorović
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781527538566
Subjects: Space (Art); Liminality; Espace (Art); Liminalité; The arts; Philosophy; History
Description: Throughout history, the research of space has always been an issue of great interest. Since classical Antiquity, the physical space itself and its imperfect double, the illusionary space used in the visual arts, have been one of the perpetual obsessions of man. However, there are very few studies that question the reality of represented space, and deal with those liminal phenomena that exist on the blurred boundary between reality and imagination. Such spaces were never defined by carefully drawn borders; they were usually outlined by the ephemeral and ever changing barriers. For that very rea.