The Thematization of the Senses in 16th-Century European Art
Thursday, February 15, 9:30 AM–12:00 PM
Sutton Parlor North, 2nd Floor, Hilton New York
Chair: Lisa M. Rafanelli, Manhattanville College
A Touching Compassion: Dürer’s Haptic Theology
Shira Brisman, Yale University
The Collector’s Caress: The Tactile Allure of Sculpture in Early Modern Italy
Geraldine A. Johnson, Oxford University
Perspective, Optics, and Vision in El Greco’s Christ Healing the Blind
Andrew Casper, University of Pennsylvania
The Mechanics of Sight and Moral Choice in Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s Blind Leading the Blind
Charles Peterson, University of California, Santa Barbara
Sight, Science, and the Still-Life Paintings of Juan Sanchez Cotán
Mindy Nancarrow, University of Alabama