The Absent Image : : Lacunae in Medieval Books / / Elina Gertsman.

Guided by Aristotelian theories, medieval philosophers believed that nature abhors a vacuum. Medieval art, according to modern scholars, abhors the same. The notion of horror vacui—the fear of empty space—is thus often construed as a definitive feature of Gothic material culture. In The Absent Image...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2021
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Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 58 color/62 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Nothing Is the Matter
  • Chapter one. Imaginary Realms
  • Chapter two. Phantoms of Emptiness
  • Chapter three. Traces of Touch
  • Chapter four. Penetrating the Parchment
  • Coda. Absences
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index