The Domain of Images

James Elkins

Published by Cornell University Press 2001

The Domain of Images

James Elkins

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501723902

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About this book

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, photography, and printmaking—to the vast array of "nonart"...

Author / Editor information

James Elkins teaches in the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His books include The Object Stares Back, On the Nature of Seeing, What Painting Is; and, also from Cornell, The Poetics of Perspective.

Reviews

James Elkins will deliver more pleasurable reflections per square image than you ever dreamed possible from an art historian.

For whatever reason, some of the most daring, experimental writing in the field of art history is now coming out of Chicago.... Purely in terms of output, Elkins is phenomenal.... His work is about 'art history on the edge,' about aspects of art and design that defy categorization and that easily fall through the cracks.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
List of Plates Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
PART I
1. Art History and Images That Are Not Art Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Art History as the History of Crystallography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
3. Interpreting Nonart Images Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
4. What Is a Picture? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
5. Pictures as Ruined Notations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
6. Problems of Classification Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
PART II
7. Allographs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
8. Semasiographs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
9. Pseudowriting Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
10. Subgraphemics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
11. Hypographemics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
12. Emblemata Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
13. Schemata Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
14. Conclusion: Ghosts and Natural Images Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Frequently Cited Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Picture Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 304
Illustrations
- Other: 5 tables, 105 halftones, 48 line drawings
Keywords: Art History; Literary Studies

eBook

Published: August 6, 2018
ISBN: 9781501723902