The Object Stares Back

by James Elkins

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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.
  • ISBN10 0156004976
  • ISBN13 9780156004978
  • Publish Date 9 July 1999 (first published 29 March 1996)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 9 September 2008
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Imprint Thomson Learning
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 272
  • Language English