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Beyer, Vera: Sehen im Vergleich: Transformationen von Blicken in der persischen und westeuropäischen Buchmalerei, Heidelberg: arthistoricum.net-ART-Books, 2022. https://doi.org/10.11588/arthistoricum.590

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ISBN 978-3-947449-99-6 (PDF)

Published

02/22/2022
The printed publication was published in 2020 by Dietrich Reimer Verlag. ISBN: 978-3-496-01623-6

Authors

Vera Beyer

Sehen im Vergleich

Transformationen von Blicken in der persischen und westeuropäischen Buchmalerei

Vera Beyer compares transformations of gazes and dispositifs of the gaze in Persian and Western European book illumination from the 13th to the 16th century. How are desirous gazes rendered legitimate? What are the conditions of seeing God? When is the contemplation of an image idolatry? The book examines such questions regarding topoi that circulate in both visual cultures: Glimpses of the beauty of the Old Testament Joseph, the curtain before the throne of God, the portrait of Alexander the Great, dreaming authors and unbelieving idol worshippers.
The transformations of these topoi counteract universalisations as well as essentialisations, such as an image-hostile Islam versus an image-friendly Christianity. By combining transcultural art history and image studies, the book thus tests a transcultural critique of the gaze.

Vera Beyer, Professor of Art History and Historical Image Science at the University of Regensburg, works on ornaments, political representation and transcultural art histories as well as their mediation in museums and schools.

Chapters

Table of Contents
Pages
PDF
Titelei
A-4
Inhalt
5-9
Prolog
10-13
Einleitung
15-38
Wovon Autoren anfangs träumen
Einführende Bemerkungen zur inneren Schau
41-67
Durchschauende Blicke
Vorhänge vor dem Thron Gottes als Bedingungen der Gottesschau
69-112
Vergleichende Blicke
Kandakes Alexanderportrait zwischen fremdem Idol und eigener Imagination
115-217
Unschuldig schauen
Blicke auf Josefs Schönheit
219-296
Idole der Anderen
Abschliessende Betrachtungen zu fremden Bildern – und Konversionen
299-324
Zum Schluss – Dispositive der Transformation, oder: Zur Relationalität von Blicken
327-331
Bibliographie
333-364
Abbildungsnachweis
365
Dank
367-368

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