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More Than Words, Waltham, MA, Estados Unidos de America
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With bracing clarity, James Elkins explores why images are taken to be more intricate and hard to describe in the twentieth century than they had been in any previous century. Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles? uses three models to understand the kinds of complex meaning that pictures are thought to possess: the affinity between the meanings of paintings and jigsaw-puzzles; the contemporary interest in ambiguity and 'levels of meaning'; and the penchant many have to interpret pictures by finding images hidden within them. Elkins explores a wide variety of examples, from the figures hidden in Renaissance paintings to Salvador Dali's paranoiac meditations on Millet's Angelus, from Persian miniature paintings to jigsaw-puzzles. He also examines some of the most vexed works in history, including Watteau's "meaningless" paintings, Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling, and Leonardo's Last Supper.
Acerca del autor:
James Elkins is Professor of Art History, Theory and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is the author of many books, including What PaintingIs (Routledge, 1998) and The Object Stares Back: On theNature of Seeing (1996).
Título: Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles?
Editorial: Routledge
Año de publicación: 1999
Encuadernación: Encuadernación de tapa blanda
Condición: Very Good
Librería: TotalitarianMedia, Los Angeles, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Soft cover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles?: On the Modern Origins of Pictorial Complexity. Elkins, James. Published by Routledge, 1999. 302p. Trade paperback, covers bumped/scuffed, binding tight, text has very minimal underlining on about 50 pages (one sentence/bullet point in margins), rest of text clean/unmarked ISBN 10: 0415919428 / ISBN 13: 97804159194254.00. Nº de ref. del artículo: ABE-1750793294532
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Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
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Librería: Bulrushed Books, Moscow, ID, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: Better World Books Ltd, Dunfermline, Reino Unido
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Librería: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Nº de ref. del artículo: 7562001-6
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