Our Beautiful, Dry and Distant Texts: Art History as Writing

by James Elkins

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Our Beautiful, Dry, and Distant Texts examines art historical writing as an expressive medium, capable of emotion and reflection - and therefore deserving of serious consideration for its own sake, as the testament of art history and of individual historians. Elkins asks such questions as: How do various art historical approaches represent works of art? What can they see, and what must they miss? And what insight does such writing offer us about...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415926637

ISBN13:9780415926638

Release Date:April 2000

Publisher:Routledge

Length:324 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Art Arts, Music & Photography History Language Arts

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