Based on a session organized for the German Studies Association Conference held in New Orleans in 2003
Includes bibliographical references and index
"Essays cover a range of media from painting and the decorative arts to theater, sculpture, and the science of seeing." from Introduction
Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; I. VISIONS/REVISIONS OF THE NEOCLASSICAL AESTHETIC; II. THE VIOLENCE OF VISION: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE STAGE OF LANGUAGE; III. APPENDIX; Index