The Colour of Angels: Cosmology, Gender and the Aesthetic Imagination
| AUTHOR | Classen, Constance |
| PUBLISHER | Routledge (10/08/1998) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
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The Colour of Angels uncovers the gender politics behind our attitude to the senses. Using a wide variety of examples, ranging from the sensuous religious visions of the middle ages through to nineteenth-century art movements, this book reveals a previously unexplored area of womens history.
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ISBN-13:
9780415180733
ISBN-10:
0415180732
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
248
Carton Quantity:
30
Product Dimensions:
6.14 x 0.63 x 9.21 inches
Weight:
1.16 pound(s)
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Science | Space Science - Cosmology
Science | General
Grade Level:
College Freshman
- College Freshman
Dewey Decimal:
152.109
Library of Congress Control Number:
98021837
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The Colour of Angels uncovers the gender politics behind our attitude to the senses. Using a wide variety of examples, ranging from the sensuous religious visions of the middle ages through to nineteenth-century art movements, this book reveals a previously unexplored area of womens history.
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Author:
Classen, Constance
Constance Classen is Visiting Scholar at McGill University, Canada and director of an interdisciplinary project on art, museums, and the senses. She is the editor of "The Book of Touch" (Berg, 2005), and the author of, among other works, "Worlds of Sense: Exploring the Senses in History and Across Cultures" (1993) and "The Color of Angels: Cosmology, Gender and the Aesthetic Imagination" (1998), as well as "The Deepest Sense: A Cultural History of Touch" (2012).
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