| The Poetics of Perspective Contributor(s): Elkins, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801427967 ISBN-13: 9780801427961 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $56.38 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Renaissance - History | Europe - Renaissance - Literary Criticism | Renaissance |
| Dewey: 701.82 |
| LCCN: 94016310 |
| Lexile Measure: 1540 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6" W x 9" (1.49 lbs) 344 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Perspective has been a divided subject, orphaned among various disciplines from philosophy to gardening. In the first book to bring together recent thinking on perspective from such fields as art history, literary theory, aesthetics, psychology, and the history of mathematics, James Elkins leads us to a new understanding of how we talk about pictures. Elkins provides an abundantly illustrated history of the theory and practice of perspective. Looking at key texts from the Renaissance to the pres |
Contributor Bio(s): Elkins, James: - James Elkins teaches in the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His books include The Object Stares Back, On the Nature of Seeing, What Painting Is; and, also from Cornell, The Poetics of Perspective. |