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      On Pictures and the Words that Fail Them

      James Elkins (Art Institute of Chicago)

      An art historical study of the way in which images and words differ as ‘signs’.

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      On Pictures and the Words that Fail Them

      James Elkins (Art Institute of Chicago)

      In this innovative, interdisciplinary 1998 study, James Elkins argues against the assumption that images can be adequately described in words. In his view, words must always fail because pictures possess…

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      The Domain of Images

      James Elkins (Associate Professor of Art History, Theory, and Criticism, School of Art Institute, Chicago, USA)

      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…

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