The object stares back : on the nature of seeing

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The object stares back : on the nature of seeing

James Elkins

(A Harvest/HBJ book)

Harcourt Brace, 1997, c1996

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1st Harvest ed

Includes index

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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.

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