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Titre :
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The color of angels : Cosmology, gender and the aesthetic imagination
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Auteurs :
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Constance Classen, Auteur
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Type de document :
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Ouvrage
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Editeur :
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London ; New York : Routledge, 1998
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ISBN/ISSN/EAN :
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0-415-18074-0
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Format / Caractéristique technique du document original :
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234 p., notes pp. 161-208, bibliogr. pp. 209-228, inde / ill. en noir et blanc / 24 cm
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Index. décimale :
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161.2 (Ambiances : Ecole canadienne de la perception)
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Mots-clés :
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Sujet Ambiance Analyse de l'art |
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Résumé :
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The color of angels explores the rich sensory symbolism of Western culture through the ages. In the process, Constance Classen uncovers the gender politic behind such cultural constructs as the "male gaz" and the "female touch" and traces the development of an aesthetics of the senses from medieval mysticism to modern art.The book is divided into three parts - cosmology, gender and aesthetics - and explores topics ranging from the sensuous visions of St Hildegard of Bingen to the gender codes of Renaissance literature and the machine aesthetics of Futurism. Through its focus on the social construction of sensory meaning in different periods and domains, The color of angels contribute to a history of sensibilities. The book's analysis of the relationship between sensory and genders orders, in turn, reveals a crucial but previously unexplored area of women's history.
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