Sight and sensibility : evaluating pictures / Dominic McIver Lopes.
Sight and sensibility : evaluating pictures / Dominic McIver Lopes.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
Call Numbers
N750.11/5
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
1. The puzzle of mimesis -- 2. The 'air' of pictures -- 3. Good looking -- 4. Drawing lessons -- 5. Moral vision.
Publication information
Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2005.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Sight and Sensibility presents the first detailed and comprehensive theory of evaluating pictures. Dominic Lopes confronts the puzzle of how the value of seeing something in a picture can exceed the value of seeing it face to face - his solution pinpoints how seeing-in is like and unlike ordinary seeing. Moreover, since part of what we see in pict...
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Full title
Sight and sensibility : evaluating pictures / Dominic McIver Lopes.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contextual Information
Other version (online)
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Call Numbers
N750.11/5
Record Identifier
74VKqzpZy8ll
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqzpZy8ll
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ISBN
9780199277346
0199277346 (alk. paper)
DDC
750.11
MMS ID
991020246389702626
