For some people, a photograph is an optically accurate impression of the world, for others, it is mainly a way of remembering people and places. Part of the "The Art Seminar" series, this volume aims ...
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Elkins argues that the intricate meanings that are assigned to pictures are less a matter of insight than a symptom of our culture - a kind of excessive desire for understanding and a demand for clear...
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17 figures, 71 illustrations...
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Art historian James Elkins tells the story of paintings that have made people cry. Deeply personal, this book is a history of emotion and vulnerability, and an inquiry into the nature of art 7 colour ...
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What does it mean to be visually literate? Does it mean different things in the arts and the sciences? Or in the developed West and in Asia or in developing nations? This collection brings together th...
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17 figures, 71 illustrations...
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This book is about the curious disconnection between spirituality and current art. 37 black & white illustrations...
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5 tables, 105 b&w photographs, 48 drawings Contains Paperback and Hardback...
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67 black & white halftones...
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