Main entry:

Freedberg, David.

Title & Author:

The power of images : studies in the history and theory of response / David Freedberg.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1989.

Description:

xxv, 534 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-517) and index.
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 -- 14. Idolartry and iconoclasm -- 15. Representation and reality.

Resources:
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Publisher description

ISBN:

0226261441 (alk. paper)
9780226261447 (alk. paper)
0226261468 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780226261461 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Art Psychology.
Symbolism in art.
Symbolisme dans l'art.
Art Psychologie.
Kunst.
Waarneming.
Respons.
Psychologische aspecten.
Art Psychological aspects.
Art et religion.
Sémiotique et art.
Signes et symboles Dans l'art.
Psychologie de l'art.
Visual arts

Holdings:

Location: Library main 56894
Call No.: ID:90-B5186
Status: Available