Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles? : On the Modern Origins of Pictorial Complexity
by
James Elkins
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0415919428
ISBN-13
9780415919425
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 28th, 1999
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
488 grams
Dimensions
15.40 x 22.90 x 2.80 cms
Product Classification:
Theory of artHistory of art / art & design stylesCultural studies
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With bracing clarity, James Elkins explores why images are taken to be more intricate and hard to describe in the twentieth century than they had been in any previous century. Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles? uses three models to understand the kinds of complex meaning that pictures are thought to possess.
With bracing clarity, James Elkins explores why images are taken to be more intricate and hard to describe in the twentieth century than they had been in any previous century. Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles? uses three models to understand the kinds of complex meaning that pictures are thought to possess: the affinity between the meanings of paintings and jigsaw-puzzles; the contemporary interest in ambiguity and ''levels of meaning''; and the penchant many have to interpret pictures by finding images hidden within them. Elkins explores a wide variety of examples, from the figures hidden in Renaissance paintings to Salvador Dali''s paranoiac meditations on Millet''s Angelus, from Persian miniature paintings to jigsaw-puzzles. He also examines some of the most vexed works in history, including Watteau''s "meaningless" paintings, Michelangelo''s Sistine Ceiling, and Leonardo''s Last Supper.
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