Palgrave Macmillan US eBooks· 2012· Book chapter

Representation, Presentation, Presence: Tracing the Homo Pictor

Gottfried Boehm

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Ancient cultural practices viewed images as having a 'power spirit,' charisma, and the ability to look, akin to living beings, influencing their reverence or fear.

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