TY - BOOK ID - 32922240 TI - Optics, ethics, and art in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries : looking into Peter of Limoges's Moral treatise on the eyes AU - Kessler, Herbert L. AU - Newhauser, Richard AU - Russell, Arthur J. AU - Pontifical institute of mediaeval studies (Toronto, Canada) PY - 2018 VL - 209 5 SN - 9780888442093 9781771103886 0888442092 PB - Toronto: Pontifical institute of mediaeval studies, DB - UniCat KW - Science KW - Theory of knowledge KW - General ethics KW - Optics. Quantum optics KW - Art KW - Christian spirituality KW - Religious studies KW - anno 500-1499 KW - 094:7.01 KW - 091.31 KW - 094: 7.017 KW - 091.31 Verluchte handschriften KW - Verluchte handschriften KW - 094:7.01 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Esthetica. Kunstfilosofie. Kunsttheorie KW - Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Esthetica. Kunstfilosofie. Kunsttheorie KW - Vision KW - Eye in art KW - Optics and art KW - Optics KW - Visual communication KW - Visual perception KW - Art and science KW - Science, Medieval KW - Religion and science KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - History KW - Peter, KW - Vision - Religious aspects - Christianity KW - Optics - History KW - Visual communication - History - To 1500 KW - Visual perception - History KW - Art and science - History KW - Religion and science - History - To 1500 KW - Peter, - of Limoges, - -1306. - De oculo morali UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:32922240 AB - "This volume examines afresh the various ways in which the introduction of ancient and Arabic optical theories transformed thirteenth-century thinking about vision, how scientific learning came to be reconciled with theological speculation, and the effect these new developments had on those who learned about them through preaching. At the core of this collection lies Peter of Limoges's 'Tractatus moralis de oculo', a compilation remarkable for subsuming science into the edifice of theology and glossing the physiology of the eye and theories of perception in terms of Christian ethics and moralization, making esoteric learning accessible to the public (including artists) through preaching. Transgressing traditional boundaries between art history, science, literature, and the history of religion, the nine essays in this volume complicate the generally accepted understanding of the impact science had on thirteenth-century visual culture."-- ER -