On pictures and the words that fail them
by James Elkins
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On Pictures and the Words That Fail Them provides detailed, incisive critiques of fundamental notions about pictures: their allegedly semiotic structures; the "rational" nature of realism; and the ubiquity of the figure/ground relation.
Elkins then opens the concept of images to non-Western and prehistoric ideas, exploring Chinese concepts of magic, Mesopotamian practices of counting and sculpture, religious ideas about hypostasis, philosophical discussions concerning invisibility and blindness, and questions on the limits of the destruction of meaning.
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Pictures, Image (Philosophy), Interpretation (Philosophy), ArtsShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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On pictures and the words that fail them
1998, Cambridge University Press
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0521571081 9780521571081
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-315) and index.
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