Sense and spirituality : seeing Jan van Eyck's Ghent altarpiece

This thesis emphasizes the senses of the audience in reception of Jan van Eyck’s heroic Ghent Altarpiece. This pivotal work may have demanded the viewer engage in a hierarchy of devotion ranging from intimate and private to public and liturgical. Jan van Eyck engages in a strategy of representatio...

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Main Author: Adams, Merchant Stewart, 1972-
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2009-05-53