May
05
2010
Elkins Photography Theory
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Why Art Cannot Be Taught: A Handbook for Art Students $16.61 In this smart survival guide for students and teachers – the only book of its kind – James Elkins examines the “curious endeavor to teach the unteachable” that is generally known as college-level art instruction. This singular project is organized around a series of conflicting claims about art: Art can be taught, but nobody knows quite how; Art can be taught, but it seems as if it can’t be since … |
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The Object Stares Back: On the Nature of Seeing $4.23 In this “remarkable tour de force” (Publishers Weekly)-a “ceaselessly thought-provoking book” (Kirkus Reviews)-art historian James Elkins marshals psychology, philosophy, science, and art history to show how seeing alters the thing seen and transforms the seer. Black-and-white photographs…. |
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Six Stories from the End of Representation: Images in Painting, Photography, Astronomy, Microscopy, Particle Physics, and Quantum Mechanics, 1980-2000 (Writing Science) $19.32 James Elkins has shaped the discussion about how we—as artists, as art historians, or as outsiders—view art. He has not only revolutionized our thinking about the purpose of teaching art, but has also blazed trails in creating a means of communication between scientists, artists, and humanities scholars.In Six Stories from the End of Representation, Elkins weaves stories about recent ima… |
