The Object Stares Back: On the Nature of Seeing
by Elkins, James
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine (in mylar)
- ISBN 10
- 0684800950
- ISBN 13
- 9780684800950
- Seller
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB16402
- Title
- The Object Stares Back: On the Nature of Seeing
- Author
- Elkins, James
- Illustrator
- Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine (in mylar)
- Edition
- First Edition/1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0684800950
- ISBN 13
- 9780684800950
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Visual Perception, Vision, Visual Communication, Health
- Bookseller catalogs
- Health & Fitness/Self Help;
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