Power of Images Studies in the History and Theory of Response

Name: Power of Images Studies in the History and Theory of Response
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ISBN: 9780226261461

ISBN-10: 0226261468

ISBN-13: 9780226261461

Edition: 1989 (Reprint)

Authors: David Freedberg

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"This learned and heavy volume should be placed on the shelves of every art historical library."--E. H. Gombrich, New York Review of Books "This is an engaged and passionate work by a writer with powerful convictions about art, images, aesthetics, the art establishment, and especially the discipline of art history. It is animated by an extraordinary erudition."--Arthur C. Danto, The Art Bulletin "Freedberg's ethnographic and historical range is simply stunning. . . . The Power of Images is an extraordinary critical achievement, exhilarating in its polemic against aesthetic orthodoxy, endlessly fascinating in its details. . . . This is a powerful, disturbing book."--T. J. Jackson Lears,…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/28/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.94" long x 0.14" tall
Weight: 2.156
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Introduction



The Power of Images: Response and Repression



The God in the Image



The Value of the Commonplace



The Myth of Aniconism



Consecration: Making Images Work



Image and Pilgrimage



The Votive Image: Invoking Favor and Giving Thanks



Invisibilia per visibilia: Meditation and the Uses of Theory



Verisimilitude and Resemblance: From Sacred Mountain to Waxworks



Infamy, Justice, and Witchcraft: Explanation, Sympathy, and Magic



Live Images: The Worth of Visions and Tales



Arousal by Image



The Senses and Censorship



Idolatry and Iconoclasm



Representation and Reality Abbreviations


Notes


Bibliography


Index