Six Stories from the End of Representation: Images in Painting, Photography, Astronomy, Microscopy, Particle Physics, and Quantum Mechanics, 1980-2000

by James Elkins

Book Overview

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 images from painting, photography, physics,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804741484
• ISBN13: 9780804741484
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 10.4"