Constance Classen

The Colour of Angels

Cosmology, Gender and the Aesthetic Imagination

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9780415180733
• ISBN-10: 0415180732
• Artikelnr.: 22312943

Autorenporträt

Constance Classen is a cultural historian whose previous publications include Worlds of Sense: Exploring the Senses in History and Across Cultures and Aroma: The Cultural History of Smell (with David Howes and Anthony Synnott).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction PART I Cosmology 1 On the color of angels: the sensory cosmologies of St. Hildegard
Boehme
and Fourier 2 The breath of God: sacred histories of scent PART II Gender 3 The scented womb and the seminal eye: embodying gender codes through the senses 4 Pens and needles: writing
women's work
and feminine sensibilities PART III Aesthetics 5 Symbolist harmonies
Futurist colors
Surrealist recipes: crossing sensory borders in the arts 6 A feel for the world: lessons in aesthetics from the blind