CMCL-C 208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Religious Image, Michel Foucault
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Mitchell the family of images (296-99) (13. 1) (1) p. 296 (2) p. 297. When speaking about the 19th century religious image movement, doctrinal vocabulary is mentioned. Why are modern images not considered to be transparent ? (3) p. 298. We make our world and ourselves in our own image. Imagery: statues, optical illusions, maps, diagrams, dreams, hallucinations, spectacles, projections, poems, patterns, memories, and ideas. These may not all have something in common. Far-flung family which has migrated in time and space , creates a family tree of how images have evolved. Mental imagery- psychology and epistemology (study of the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. ) Images hold the world together with figures of knowledge according to michel. Graphic and optical images are objective and publically shareable . Images proper are not stable, static, or permanent. Mitchell, man crated in god"s image (1. 1) (1) p. 24.