1st Edition

Looking In The Art of Viewing

By Mieke Bal, Norman Bryson Copyright 2001
308 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge

308 Pages
by Routledge

Mieke Bal is one of Europe's leading theorists and critics. Her work within feminist art history and cultural studies provides a fascinating alternative to prevailing thinking in these fields. The essays in this collection include Bal's brilliant analyses of the: Myth of Rembrandt Imagery of Vermeer Baroque of Caravaggio Neo-Baroque of David Reed Culture of the museum Visual representation of rape... Read more
Introduction; 1: Dispersing the gaze 1; 2: Dispersing the image; 3: Calling to witness; 4: On show 1; 5: On grouping; 6: Vision in fiction; 7: Second-person narrative; 8: The knee of narcissus; Afterword

Biography

Mieke Bal, Norman Bryson