The absent image : lacunae in medieval books /
Guided by Aristotelian theories, medieval philosophers believed that nature abhors a vacuum. Medieval art, according to modern scholars, abhors the same. The notion of horror vacui--the fear of empty space--is thus often construed as a definitive feature of Gothic material culture. In The Absent Ima...
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| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021] |
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