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This volume builds upon the new worldwide interest in the global Middle Ages. It investigates the prismatic heritage and eclectic artistic production of Eastern

Anthropologists of the senses have long argued that cultures differ in their sensory registers. This groundbreaking volume applies this idea to material culture

In his latest book, James Elkins offers a road map through the field of visual studies, describing its major concerns and its principal theoretical sources. The