A feminist literary theorist, specialist in Rembrandt, and a scholar with a knack for reading Old Testament stories, Mieke Bal weaves a tapestry of signs and meanings that enrich our senses. Her subject is the act of showing, the gesture of exposing to view. In a museum, for example, the object is on display, made visually available. "That's how it is," the display proclaims. But who says so? Bal's subjects are displays from the American Museum of Natural History, paintings by such figures as Courbet, Caravaggio, Artemisia Gentileschi, and Rembrandt, as well as works by twentieth-century artists, and such literary texts as Shakespeare's Rape of Lucrece.
| ISBN: | 9780415917049 |
| Publication date: | 4th June 1996 |
| Author: | Mieke Bal |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 352 pages |
| Genres: |
Museology and heritage studies The arts: general topics History of art Social and cultural anthropology Museology and heritage studies The arts: general topics History of art Cultural studies |
A feminist literary theorist, specialist in Rembrandt, and a scholar with a knack for reading Old Testament stories, Mieke Bal weaves a tapestry of signs and meanings that enrich our senses. Her subject is the act of showing, the gesture of exposing to view. In a museum, for example, the object is on display, made visually available. "That's how it is," the display proclaims. But who says so? Bal's subjects are displays from the American Museum of Natural History, paintings by such figures as Courbet, Caravaggio, Artemisia Gentileschi, and Rembrandt, as well as works by twentieth-century artists, and such literary texts as Shakespeare's Rape of Lucrece.
Double Exposures features in the following genres: Museology and heritage studies, The arts: general topics, History of art, Social and cultural anthropology, Museology and heritage studies, The arts: general topics, History of art, Cultural studies
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Double Exposures was written by Mieke Bal and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
Double Exposures has 352 pages
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