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chapter 1. The Enigma of the Visible

© 2020 Fordham University Press, New York, USA

© 2020 Fordham University Press, New York, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. contents vii
  3. illustrations ix
  4. acknowledgments xiii
  5. Introduction 1
  6. chapter 1. The Enigma of the Visible 15
  7. chapter 2. Spiritual Passion and the Betrayal of Painting 32
  8. chapter 3. The Visible and the Legible 47
  9. chapter 4. Flea Catching and the Vanity of Painting 65
  10. chapter 5. Painting as Portal: “Birth” and “Death” of the Sacred Image 83
  11. Epilogue 105
  12. notes 111
  13. selected bibliography 141
  14. index 153
Georges de La Tour and the Enigma of the Visible
This chapter is in the book Georges de La Tour and the Enigma of the Visible
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823277469-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. contents vii
  3. illustrations ix
  4. acknowledgments xiii
  5. Introduction 1
  6. chapter 1. The Enigma of the Visible 15
  7. chapter 2. Spiritual Passion and the Betrayal of Painting 32
  8. chapter 3. The Visible and the Legible 47
  9. chapter 4. Flea Catching and the Vanity of Painting 65
  10. chapter 5. Painting as Portal: “Birth” and “Death” of the Sacred Image 83
  11. Epilogue 105
  12. notes 111
  13. selected bibliography 141
  14. index 153
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