Passion of Images, the
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Author: Boehm, Gottfried
Images have always elicited passionate responses, triggering reactions of veneration as well as destruction, of idolatry as well as iconoclasm. But what is the origin of their unique power? In this book, German art historian Gottfried Boehm (born 1942) seeks to answer this question, tracing the affective potential of images across Western history.
ISBN 9783960987727. Walther König, Köln. pb. 72 pages. 24 colour, 2 b/w ills. 17.1 x 10.2 cm.
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Images have always elicited passionate responses, triggering reactions of veneration as well as destruction, of idolatry as well as iconoclasm. But what is the origin of their unique power? In this book, German art historian Gottfried Boehm (born 1942) seeks to answer this question, tracing the affective potential of images across Western history.
ISBN 9783960987727. Walther König, Köln. pb. 72 pages. 24 colour, 2 b/w ills. 17.1 x 10.2 cm.
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