| Senses of Touch: Human Dignity and Deformity from Michelangelo to Calvin Contributor(s): O'Rourke Boyle, Marjorie (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004111751 ISBN-13: 9789004111752 Publisher: Brill
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 1998 Annotation: "Senses of Touch anatomizes the uniquely human hand as a rhetorical figure for dignity and deformity in early modern culture. It concerns a valuational shift from the contemplative ideal, as signified by the sense of sight, to an active reality, as signified by the sense of touch. From posture to piety, from manicure to magic, the book discovers touch in a critical period of its historical development, in anatomy and society. It features new interpretations of two landmarks of western civilization: Michelangelo's fresco of the Creation of Adam and Calvin's doctrine of election. It also accords special attention to the typing of women as sensual creatures by using their hands as a heuristic. Its alternative interpretations explore in theory and in practice the sensuality, the creativity, and the plain utility of hands, thus integrating biology and culture. Click for more in this series: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Thought |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Humanism - Architecture | Interior Design - General - History | Europe - Renaissance |
| Dewey: 128.3 |
| LCCN: 98020862 |
| Series: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Thought |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.44" W x 9.64" L (1.50 lbs) 276 pages |
| Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents |
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| Publisher Description: Senses of Touch anatomizes the uniquely human hand as a rhetorical figure for dignity and deformity in early modern culture. It concerns a valuational shift from the contemplative ideal, as signified by the sense of sight, to an active reality, as signified by the sense of touch. From posture to piety, from manicure to magic, the book discovers touch in a critical period of its historical development, in anatomy and society. It features new interpretations of two landmarks of western civilization: Michelangelo's fresco of the Creation of Adam and Calvin's doctrine of election. It also accords special attention to the typing of women as sensual creatures by using their hands as a heuristic. Its alternative interpretations explore in theory and in practice the sensuality, the creativity, and the plain utility of hands, thus integrating biology and culture. |
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