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100 1 $aBaert, Barbara,$eauthor.
245 10 $aGaze from above :$breflections on cosmic eyes in visual culture /$cby Barbara Baert
246 30 $aReflections on cosmic eyes in visual culture
264 1 $aLeuven :$bPeeters,$c2021
300 $a169 pages :$billustrations, portraits ;$c26 cm
490 1 $aArt & religion ;$v11
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [153]-166) and index
520 8 $aWhen gazing into the vast expanse of 'the universe', humankind experiences the universal desire to fathom the mystery of its creation. We utilize our unique ability to express ourselves through artistic means to make this mystery tangible, transmuting the secrets of the cosmos into stunning objects and ingenious symbols. Through a deep engagement with recent iconological methods the author travels up and down a methodological Jacob's ladder, between the artist's gazes from the earth to the sky. The reader is treated to studies on a wide variety of objects and mediums, ranging from the embroidery of Girone, the Hereford 'mappa mundi' to the genesis cycle in the Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice. The author reconsiders the iconic gaze of van Eyck's lamb and enters Danaë's uncanny, voyeuristic space in the painting by Jan Gossaert. Meanwhile, she allows other thinkers to explore these questions alongside her. She turns to Erwin Panofsky, who writes about his fascination with Galileo Galilei's telescope, and finally Lars von Trier and his movie 'Melancholia' gets to call it 'Schluss'. All the artworks in this captivating book contribute to unravel the largest mystery that surrounds us: the cosmos. The image blooms into the countenance of that majestic, astonishing black pupil above us. Or as Aby Warburg once wrote: "Contemplation of the sky is the grace and the curse of humanity"
650 0 $aCosmology in art.
650 0 $aCosmology in literature.
650 7 $aCosmology in art.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00880615
650 7 $aCosmology in literature.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00880616
700 1 $aEyck, Jan van,$d1390-1440,$eartist.
700 1 $aPanofsky, Erwin,$d1892-1968.
700 1 $aGalilei, Galileo,$d1564-1642.
700 1 $aTrier, Lars von,$d1956-$eartist.
710 2 $aBasilica di San Marco (Venice, Italy)
830 0 $aArt & religion ;$v11.
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