Representing Space: An Inquiry in the Renaissance Understanding of Art

Name: Representing Space: An Inquiry in the Renaissance Understanding of Art
Brand: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
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By Been, Lars Niklas

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In this book I aim to get a grip on 'how' a narrative is being told to a beholder of a Renaissance painting. I describe the condition in which a painting presents a story to a beholder. The condition is the representation of pictorial space. The representation of pictorial space has been characterized as naturalistic. Renaissance naturalism has to be interpreted through a theological lens, which helps us to understand the rhetoric behind Renaissance naturalism. A theological framework can explain the evaluation of the perceptions of natural sense experience and explains the function of composition, that is, to transform the beholder's consciousness into a religious consciousness. Specific rules of composition contribute to 'how' a narrative is being told to a beholder of Renaissance art. By inquiring these rules we get a better understanding of how the Renaissance artist represents space; how the Renaissance beholder relates to the depiction of space; and how the modern viewer relates differently to the Renaissance painting.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 72
Release Date:: 2025-11-03
Publication Date:: 2025-11-03
Publisher:: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 6209199372
ISBN13:: 9786209199370
Weight:: 125 g
Height:: 150 cm
Width:: 220 cm
Thickness:: 5 cm

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