A taxonomy of touch: tactile encounters in Renaissance Italy

Since the Renaissance, at least, the medium of sculpture has been associated explicitly with the sense of touch. Sculptors, philosophers and art historians have all linked the two, often in strikingly different ways. In spite of this long running interest in touch and tactility, it is vision and vis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, G
Other Authors: Dent, P
Format: Book section
Published: Ashgate Publishing 2014