What is an Image?

What is an Image?
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Publisher : Penn State Press
Total Pages : 298
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ISBN-10 : 9780271050645
ISBN-13 : 0271050640
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Book Synopsis What is an Image? by : James Elkins

Download or read book What is an Image? written by James Elkins and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Brings together historians, philosophers, critics, postcolonial theorists, and curators to ask how images, pictures, and paintings are conceptualized. Issues discussed include concepts such as "image" and "picture" in and outside the West; semiotics; whether images are products of discourse; religious meanings; and the ethics of viewing"--Provided by publisher.


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