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Author | : James Elkins |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 2004-11-23 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1135963568 |
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.
Author | : James Elkins |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2004-11-23 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1135963576 |
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.
Author | : James Elkins |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0271050640 |
"Brings together historians, philosophers, critics, postcolonial theorists, and curators to ask how images, pictures, and paintings are conceptualized. Issues discussed include concepts such as "image" and "picture" in and outside the West; semiotics; whether images are products of discourse; religious meanings; and the ethics of viewing"--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Highlights |
Publisher | : Highlights Press |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 2015-09-29 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 1629796085 |
Here is a nostalgic collection of intricate, challenging black-and-white Hidden Pictures puzzles for a grown-up audience! This adult coloring book from Highlights, the iconic children's brand, is an enjoyable, stress-free activity that provides hours of simple relaxation, as well as the fun of re-discovering a beloved childhood pastime. This is a coloring book that adults will love!
Author | : James Elkins |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2001-05-17 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780252069505 |
He also addresses the phenomenon of art critiques as a microcosm for teaching art as a whole and dissects real-life critiques, highlighting presuppositions and dynamics that make them confusing and suggesting ways to make them more helpful. Elkins's no-nonsense approach clears away the assumptions about art instruction that are not borne out by classroom practice. For example, he notes that despite much talk about instilling visual acuity and teaching technique, in practice neither teachers nor students behave as if those were their principal goals. He addresses the absurdity of pretending that sexual issues are absent from life-drawing classes and questions the practice of holding up great masters and masterpieces as models for students capable of producing only mediocre art. He also discusses types of art--including art that takes time to complete and art that isn't serious--that cannot be learned in studio art classes.
Author | : James Elkins |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780415921138 |
Here, Elkins argues that alchemists and painters have similar relationships to the substances they work with. Both try to transform the substance, while seeking to transform their own experience.
Author | : Marilyn Green |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Picture puzzles |
ISBN | : 9781570548949 |
Introducing the most eye-catching compendium of picture puzzles the world has ever seen. Made You Look is packed with every variety of visual amusement you can think of: hidden pictures, matching games, needle-in-a-haystack searches, what's-wrong-with-these-pictures pages, super close-up mystery photos, visual puns and much more! Made You Look is one of those extraordinary books that get embraced by kids and parents alike, though for different reasons. Kids love the fascinating funny scenes, the intricate imaginative detail and the intriguing new challenges they encounter with every turn of the page.
Author | : Walter Wick |
Publisher | : Scholastic Inc. |
Total Pages | : 41 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0439708702 |
In this latest addition to the hugely successful CAN YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? series, acclaimed photographer Walter Wick welcomes readers out for some spooky search-and-find fun Co-creator of the popular I SPY series, Walter Wick is at it again. Mr. Wick dazzles the senses with spooky scenes that achieve new levels of aesthetic excellence This book offers readers lots of search and find fun as they peer through pages and pages of brilliant photographic compositions looking for fascinating toys and objects. This highly collectable book is a must.
Author | : James Elkins |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2011-04-26 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1135844437 |
In What Photography Is, James Elkins examines the strange and alluring power of photography in the same provocative and evocative manner as he explored oil painting in his best-selling What Painting Is. In the course of an extended imaginary dialogue with Roland Barthes's Camera Lucida, Elkins argues that photography is also about meaninglessness--its apparently endless capacity to show us things that we do not want or need to see--and also about pain, because extremely powerful images can sear permanently into our consciousness. Extensively illustrated with a surprising range of images, the book demonstrates that what makes photography uniquely powerful is its ability to express the difficulty--physical, psychological, emotional, and aesthetic--of the act of seeing.
Author | : James Elkins |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2005-08-02 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 113595013X |
This deeply personal account of emotion and vulnerability draws upon anecdotes related to individual works of art to present a chronicle of how people have shown emotion before works of art in the past.