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The object stares back : on the nature of seeing / James Elkins.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: A Harvest bookPublication details: San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1997.Edition: 1st Harvest edDescription: 271 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0156004976
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 152.14 ELK
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Contents:
Just looking -- The object stares back -- Looking away, and seeing too much -- Seeing bodies -- What is a face? -- Blindness -- Envoi.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
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.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

James Elkins has worked as an art historian at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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