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Pictures and Tears : A History of People Who Have Cried in Front of Paintings by James Elkins (2001, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRoutledge

ISBN-100415937132

ISBN-139780415937139

eBay Product ID (ePID)1925392

Product Key Features

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NamePictures and Tears : a History of People Who Have Cried in Front of Paintings

Publication Year2001

SubjectMedia Studies, Criticism & Theory, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, History / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorJames Elkins

Subject AreaArt, Social Science, Psychology

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight17.6 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2001-019659

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal750/.1/1

Table Of ContentColorplates Preface Acknowledgements 1. Crying at Nothing but Colors 2. Crying No One Can Understand 3. Crying from Chromatic Waves 4. Crying Because You've Been Hit by a Lightning Bolt 5. Weeping Over Bluish Leaves 6. The Ivory Tower of Tearlessness 7. False Tears Over a Dead Bird 8. Crying Because Time Passes 9. Weeping, Watching the Madonna Weep 10. Crying at God 11. Sobbing in Lonely Mountains 12. Crying at the Empty Sea of Faith Envoi: How to Look, and Possibly Even be Moved Appendix: Thirty-two Letters Sources Index

SynopsisArt Does art leave you cold? And is that what it's supposed to do? Or is a painting meant to move you to tears? Hemingway was reduced to tears in the midst of a drinking bout when a painting by James Thurber caught his eye. And what's bad about that? In Pictures and Tears, art historian James Elkins tells the story of paintings that have made people cry. Drawing upon anecdotes related to individual works of art, he provides a chronicle of how people have shown emotion before works of art in the past, and a meditation on the curious tearlessness with which most people approach art in the present. Deeply personal, Pictures and Tears is a history of emotion and vulnerability, and an inquiry into the nature of art. This book is a rare and invaluable treasure for people who love art. Also includes an 8-page color insert., This deeply personal account of emotion and vulnerability draws upon anecdotes related to individual works of art to present a chronicle of how people have shown emotion before works of art in the past.

LC Classification NumberND1143