Vision, reflection, and desire in western painting
By: David Summers.
Series: Bettie Allison Rand lectures in art history
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780807831106
Subjects: Optics and art -- Europe; Painting, European; Visual perception
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Shadow-painting and scene-painting: the beginnings of optics and classical art; title: Speculum animatum; title: Speculum mundi; title: Narcissus and the mirror without stain; title: Afterword: perspective, optics, and the material subject.