James Elkins
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James Elkins is an art historian and art critic. He is also professor of art history, theory, and criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1989).
[edit] Education
- BA, cum laude, 1977, Cornell University
- MFA and MA, 1983, and PhD with honors, 1989, University of Chicago
[edit] Publications
- Pictures and Tears: A History of People Who Have Cried in Front of Paintings
- Chinese Landscape Painting as Western Art History
- Pictures of the Body: Pain and Metamorphosis
- The Domain of Images
- How to Use Your Eyes
- What Painting Is
- The Poetics of Perspective
- The Object Stares Back: On the Nature of Seeing
- Why are our Pictures Puzzles?
- What Happened to Art Criticism?
- Visual Studies: A Skeptical Introduction
- Why Art Cannot Be Taught: A Handbook For Art Students
- Six Stories From the End of Representation
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