Author:
Kleinbub, Christian K., 1976-
Imprint:University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2011.
Descriptionxii, 208 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Note:Introduction -- Making the invisible visible : Raphael and the development of early modern visionary imagery -- The philosophical eye : iconographies of the visual in the School of Athens -- Blindness and enlightenment : Saint Paul and the idea of the image in Raphael's Sistine tapestries -- The real and the imaginary -- Raphael's Transfiguration as visio-devotional program.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-196) and index.
Note:"Studies Raphael's images of supernatural phenomena, including apparitions and prophetic visions, within their contemporary artistic and religious contexts. Asks how a fundamentally naturalistic style of painting like that of the Italian Renaissance can accommodate representations of the supernatural without self-contradiction"--Provided by publisher.
