James Elkins

James Elkins is the author of books such as What Painting Is.

Books by James Elkins

What Painting Is

What Painting Is

The Object Stares Back

The Object Stares Back

How To Use Your Eyes

How To Use Your Eyes

Pictures Tears

Pictures Tears

Why Art Cannot Be Taught

Why Art Cannot Be Taught

Stories Of Art

Stories Of Art

Visual Studies

Visual Studies

The Domain Of Images

The Domain Of Images

On the Strange Place Of Religion In Contemporary Art

On the Strange Place Of Religion In Contemporary Art

The Poetics Of Perspective

The Poetics Of Perspective

Our Beautiful, Dry and Distant Texts

Our Beautiful, Dry and Distant Texts

What Happened To Art Criticism

What Happened To Art Criticism

What Photography Is

What Photography Is

Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles

Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles

Art Critiques

Art Critiques

Pictures Of the Body

Pictures Of the Body

Master Narratives and Their Discontents

Master Narratives and Their Discontents

Six Stories From the End Of Representation

Six Stories From the End Of Representation

On Pictures and The Words That Fail Them

On Pictures and The Words That Fail Them

Photography Theory

Photography Theory

Visual Literacy

Visual Literacy

Is Art History Global

Is Art History Global

Art History Versus Aesthetics

Art History Versus Aesthetics

Re-Enchantment

Re-Enchantment

The State Of Art Criticism

The State Of Art Criticism

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The Object Stares Back On the Nature Of Seeing

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Out Of the Darkness

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Chinese Landscape Painting As Western Art History

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Visual Cultures

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Pictures & Tears a History Of People Who Have Cried In Front Of Paintings

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Weak In Comparison To Dreams