The Look of Van Dyck : The Self-Portrait with a Sunflower and the Vision of the Painter (Hardcover)

Contents: Introduction; Self-imaging, Pictura, and vision; Looking and seeing; Representing the sunflower in word and image; The sunflower becomes a symbol; The golden chain; The Portrait of Sir Kenelm Digby with a sunflower; The figure of the painter; Conclusion; Appendix: Kenelm Digby, heliotropism, and the powder of sympathy; Notes; Index.