The power of images : studies in the history and theory of response /
Freedberg, David
The power of images : studies in the history and theory of response / David Freedberg. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1989. - xxv, 534 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: pages 507-517.
1. The power of images: response and repression -- 2. The God in the image -- 3. The value of the commonplace -- 4. The myth of aniconism -- 5. Consecration: making images work -- 6. Image and pilgrimage -- 7. The votive image: invoking favor and giving thanks -- 8. Invisibilia per visibilia: meditation and the uses of theory -- 9. Verisimilitude and resemblance: from sacred mountain to waxworks -- 10. Infamy, justice, and witchcraft: explanation, sympathy, and magic -- 11. Live images: the worth of visions and tales -- 12. Arousal by image -- 13. The senses and censorship -- Idolatry and iconoclasm -- 15. Representation and reality.
0226261441
Art--Psychology
Symbolism in art
701.15
The power of images : studies in the history and theory of response / David Freedberg. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1989. - xxv, 534 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: pages 507-517.
1. The power of images: response and repression -- 2. The God in the image -- 3. The value of the commonplace -- 4. The myth of aniconism -- 5. Consecration: making images work -- 6. Image and pilgrimage -- 7. The votive image: invoking favor and giving thanks -- 8. Invisibilia per visibilia: meditation and the uses of theory -- 9. Verisimilitude and resemblance: from sacred mountain to waxworks -- 10. Infamy, justice, and witchcraft: explanation, sympathy, and magic -- 11. Live images: the worth of visions and tales -- 12. Arousal by image -- 13. The senses and censorship -- Idolatry and iconoclasm -- 15. Representation and reality.
0226261441
Art--Psychology
Symbolism in art
701.15