Georges De La Tour and the Enigma of the Visible William L. Ascher Merry applies her remarkably wide-ranging

Merry applies her remarkably wide-ranging knowledge of world religion and mythology to the Easter story

the keywords assembled within the pages of this volume exemplify the depth and range of scholarly inquiry into Black life in the United States

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Peter McIsaac constructs a critical genealogy using key texts by Johann Goethe

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Georges De La Tour and the Enigma of the Visible William L. Ascher Merry applies her remarkably wide-rangingNot rediscovered until the twentieth century, the works of Georges de La Tour retain an aura of mystery. At first sight, his paintings suggest a veritable celebration of light and the visible world, but this is deceptive. The familiarity of visual experience blinds the beholder to a deeper understanding of the meanings associated with vision and the visible in the early modern period. By exploring the representations of light, vision, and the visible