The object stares back : on the nature of seeing

Author(s)

• Elkins, James

Bibliographic Information

The object stares back : on the nature of seeing

James Elkins

（A Harvest/HBJ book）

Harcourt Brace, 1997, c1996

Note

1st Harvest ed

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In this "remarkable tour de force" (Publishers Weekly)-a "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.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA41748648
• ISBN:
  • 0156004976
• LCCN: 97015949
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: San Diego
• Pages/Volumes: 271 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BF241
  • DC21 : 152.14
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Visual perception
  • LCSH : Vision
  • LCSH : Visual communication
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00802108