On Pictures and the Words that Fail Them
by
James Elkins
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521624991
ISBN-13
9780521624992
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 17th, 2011
Print length
348 Pages
Weight
518 grams
Dimensions
22.80 x 15.80 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Theory of art
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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 a residue of 'meaningless' marks that cannot be apprehended as signs.
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