The object stares back : on the nature of seeing / James Elkins.
Material type: TextSeries: A Harvest bookPublication details: San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1997.Edition: 1st Harvest edDescription: 271 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:- 0156004976
- 152.14 ELK
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 152.14 ELK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 2 | Available | 39002100467621 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In this "remarkable tour de force" (Publishers Weekly) and "ceaselessly thought-provoking book" (Kirkus Reviews), art historian James Elkins marshals psychology, philosophy, science, and art history to show how seeing alters the thing seen and transforms the seer. Black-and-white photographs.
Includes index.
Just looking -- The object stares back -- Looking away, and seeing too much -- Seeing bodies -- What is a face? -- Blindness -- Envoi.