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The Object Stares Back : On the Nature of Seeing
by Elkins, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0684800950
- ISBN 13
- 9780684800950
- Seller
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1996. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 271pp w bibliography and index bw photos, figures in text. Light grey boards, black cloth quarterwrap spine w fine gold lettering. Bumping to corners. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean showing bumping to top corners. Octavo.
Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Post Horizon Booksellers
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047233
- Title
- The Object Stares Back : On the Nature of Seeing
- Author
- Elkins, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0684800950
- ISBN 13
- 9780684800950
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Communication visuelle Herkenning Menselijk lichaam Nonfiction Perception visuelle Vision Vision, Ocular Visual Perception Visual communication Visual perception Visual perception Visual culture Psychology Visuele waarneming sight (sense) visual perceptio
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History / Popular Science;
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About the Seller
Post Horizon Booksellers
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
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