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On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art
Can contemporary art say anything about spirituality? John Updike calls modern art "a religion assembled from the fragments of our daily life," but does that…
read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96989-5 (Routledge)
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Pictures and Tears
A History of People Who Have Cried in Front of Paintings
Art Does art leave you cold? And is that what it's supposed to do? Or is a painting meant to move you to… read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-97053-2 (Routledge)
Stories of Art
Stories of Art is James Elkins's intimate history of art. Concise and original, this engaging book is an antidote to the behemoth art history textbooks…
read more2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-93943-0 (Routledge)
Race-ing Art History
Critical Readings in Race and Art History
Race-ing Art History is the first comprehensive anthology to place issues of racial representation squarely on the canvas. Within these pages are representations of… read more2002 | Paperback: 978-0-415-92761-1 (Routledge)
Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles?
On the Modern Origins of Pictorial Complexity
With bracing clarity, James Elkins explores why images are taken to be more intricate and hard to describe in the twentieth century than they had… read more1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-91942-5 (Routledge)
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