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The Domain of Images /

In the domain of visual images, those of fine art form a tiny minority. This original and brilliant book calls upon art historians to look beyond their traditional subjects-painting, drawing, photography, and printmaking-to the vast array of "nonart" images, including those from science, t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Elkins, James, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1999.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Plates
  • PART I
  • 1. Art History and Images That Are Not Art
  • 2. Art History as the History of Crystallography
  • 3. Interpreting Nonart Images
  • 4. What Is a Picture?
  • 5. Pictures as Ruined Notations
  • 6. Problems of Classification
  • PART II
  • 7. Allographs
  • 8. Semasiographs
  • 9. Pseudowriting
  • 10. Subgraphemics
  • 11. Hypographemics
  • 12. Emblemata
  • 13. Schemata
  • 14. Conclusion: Ghosts and Natural Images
  • Glossary
  • Frequently Cited Sources
  • Picture Credits
  • Index