In a Mirror and an Enigma: Nicholas of Cusa’s De Visione Dei and the Milieu of Vision

Nicholas of Cusa’s deployment of an omnivoyant image in the De visione Dei has been said to deconstruct Leon Battista Alberti’s mathematical determination of space in single-point linear perspective. While there has been some debate over whether the omnivoyant functions like a medieval icon or inste...

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Main Author: Knight, Taylor (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands [2020]
In: Sophia
Year: 2020, Volume: 59, Issue: 1, Pages: 113-137
RelBib Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NBC Doctrine of God
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B The icon
B Perspective
B The gaze
B The image
B Nicholas of Cusa
B Omnivoyance
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