Lumen : the art and science of light, 800-1600 /

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform title:	Lumen (J. Paul Getty Museum)
Imprint:	Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, [2024]
Description:	xi, 257 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Light in art -- Exhibitions. Art, Medieval -- Exhibitions. Science, Medieval, in art -- Exhibitions. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval -- Exhibitions. Christian art and symbolism -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Exhibitions. Light in art. Art, Medieval -- Exhibitions. Science, Medieval, in art. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval. exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13560600

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Varying Form of Title:	Art and science of light, 800-1600
Other authors / contributors:	Collins, Kristen M., editor. Turner, Nancy, 1960- editor. Phillips, Glenn, 1974- contributor. J. Paul Getty Museum, host institution, issuing body. PST ART: Art & Science Collide (Project)
ISBN:	9781606069288 1606069284 9781606069295
Notes:	This publication is issued on the occasion of the exhibition Lumen: The Art and Science of Light, 800-1600, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, from September 10 to December 8, 2024. "This catalogue and exhibition constitute one of the J. Paul Getty Museum's contributions to PST Art: Art & Science Collide, a major initiative organized by the Getty Trust that explores the intersections of art and science both past and present"--Foreword. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"The catalogue examines how medieval Christian, Jewish, and Islamic artists, theologians, and thinkers studied light and its properties to better perceive and understand the sacred"--
Other form:	Online version: Lumen (J. Paul Getty Museum) Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, [2024] 9781606069295

Table of Contents:

Part 1. Astral light / Kristen Collins and Nancy K. Turner. Scientific instruments of vision / Seb Falk ; Capturing light by hand : timekeeping in the Islamic world / Taha Yasin Arslan ; Charles Ross / Glenn Phillips ; Vija Celmins / Glenn Phillips
Part 2. Light and vision / Kristen Collins and Nancy K. Turner. Optical theories in Islamic and Christian contexts / Margaret Gaida ; Divine darkness / Elina Gertsman ; Crystalline vision / Cynthia Hahn ; Optics, light, and color in Byzantine art / Liz James ; Fred Eversley / Glenn Phillips ; Anish Kapoor / Glenn Phillips ; Charles Ross / Glenn Phillips ; E.V. Day / Glenn Phillips
Part 3. Aura and performance / Kristen Collins and Nancy K. Turner. Ohr Hashem : the light of God in Medieval Jewish art / Adam S. Cohen ; Capturing the gaze / Abby Stockstill ; Radiant light and sound in the Medieval church / Bissera V. Pentcheva ; Dazzling splendor in a processional standard by Gentile da Fabriano / Christopher R. Lakey ; Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian / Glenn Phillips ; Helen Pashgian / Glenn Phillips
Epilogue. Light and the neuroscience of awe and wonder / G. Gabrielle Starr.

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