{"product_id":"vanities-of-the-eye-stuart-clark-9780199250134","title":"Vanities of the Eye: Vision in Early Modern European Culture","description":"\u003cem\u003eVanities of the Eye\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the cultural history of the senses in early modern Europe, a time in which the nature and reliability of human vision was the focus of much debate. In medicine, art theory, science, religion, and philosophy, sight came to be characterized as uncertain or paradoxical--mental images no longer resembled the external world. Was seeing really believing? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStuart Clark explores the controversial debates of the time--from the fantasies and hallucinations of melancholia, to the illusions of magic, art, demonic deceptions, and witchcraft. The truth and function of religious images and the authenticity of miracles and visions were also questioned with new vigor, affecting such contemporary works as \u003cem\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/em\u003e-- a play deeply concerned with the dangers of visual illusion. Clark also contends that there was a close connection between these debates and the ways in which philosophers such as Descartes and Hobbes developed new theories on the relationship between the real and virtual. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginal, highly accessible, and a major contribution to our understanding of European culture, \u003cem\u003eVanities of the Eye\u003c\/em\u003e will be of great interest to a wide range of historians and anyone interested in the true nature of seeing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stuart Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199250138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199250134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e OUP Oxford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/24\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.51w x 1.11d","brand":"Stuart Clark","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46372288659711,"sku":"9780199250134","price":83.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6225c5d9-5bf2-4ae4-9451-b33648b32da1.jpg?v=1732725532","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vanities-of-the-eye-stuart-clark-9780199250134","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}