Parution : Barbara Baert, « The Gaze from Above. Reflections on Cosmic Eyes in Visual Culture », Leuven-Walpole, Peeters Publishers, 2021
When gazing into the vast expanse of ‘the universe’, humankind experiences the universal desire to fathom the mystery of its creation. We utilize our unique ability to express ourselves through artistic means to make this mystery tangible, transmuting the secrets of the cosmos into stunning objects and ingenious symbols. Through a deep engagement with recent iconological methods the author travels up and down a methodological Jacob’s ladder, between the artist’s gazes from the earth to...