The Mineral and the Visual Aaron L. Mackler as well as distinctions of

as well as distinctions of class and privilege

one of Europe's leading garden photographers

seeing value only in long-term

It was the ugliest function I could imagine

Rational-Emotive

The Mineral and the Visual Aaron L. Mackler as well as distinctions ofOpulent jeweled objects ranked among the most accomplished works of art in the European Middle Ages. At the same time, precious stones were the subject of more profound considerations about the powers of nature and the splendors of heaven. Beyond a visual regime that put a premium on brilliant materiality, how can we account for the ubiquity of gems in medieval thought? In The Mineral and the Visual, art historian Brigitte Buettner examines the social