Florencia y Bagdad : una historia de la mirada entre Oriente y Occidente /

In this illustrated study, Belting deals with the double history of perspective, as a visual theory based on geometrical abstraction (in the Middle East) and as pictorial theory (in Europe). Florence and Baghdad addresses a provocative question that reaches beyond the realm of aesthetics and mathema...

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Main Author: Belting, Hans, (Author)
Other Authors: Chamorro Mielke, Joaquín, (Translator), Belting, Hans.
Format: eBook
Language:Spanish
Published: Tres Cantos, Madrid, España : Ediciones Akal, S.A., [2012]
Series:Estudios visuales ; 8.
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Online Access:Digitalia Hispánica
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Summary:In this illustrated study, Belting deals with the double history of perspective, as a visual theory based on geometrical abstraction (in the Middle East) and as pictorial theory (in Europe). Florence and Baghdad addresses a provocative question that reaches beyond the realm of aesthetics and mathematics: What happens when Muslims and Christians look upon each other and find their way of viewing the world transformed as a result?
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9788446038863
8446038862