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Author Kleege, Georgina

Title More than Meets the Eye : What Blindness Brings to Art
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (177 pages)
Contents Cover -- More Than Meets the Eye -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Captions and Images -- Introduction -- 1. The Tenacious Life of the Hypothetical Blind Man -- 2. Touching on Science -- 3. Visible Braille, Invisible Blindness -- 4. Touch Tourism -- 5. Hearsay -- 6. Dialogues with the Blind -- 7. Audio Description Described -- 8. What They Talk About When They Talk About Art -- 9. Blind Self-â#x80;#x8B;Portraits: Studies in Blue and Bronze -- Notes
Summary More Than Meets the Eye seeks to dismantle traditional understandings of blindness through scrutiny of philosophical speculation, scientific case studies, literary depictions, and museum access programs for the blind. It introduces blind and visually impaired artists whose work has shattered stereotypes and opened up new aesthetic possibilities for everyone
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Art and vision disorders.
Art and society.
Blindness -- Social aspects
Sociology of disability.
Criticism & Theory.
ART.
History.
LITERARY CRITICISM.
Aesthetics.
PHILOSOPHY.
Art and society
Art and vision disorders
Blindness -- Social aspects
Sociology of disability
Form Electronic book
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