Visual Taste (How to Use Your Eyes)

Author: James Elkins (USA)
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: Let us open this book with the heart of opening a gift. Grass, night sky, stamps, the cracks on the road, shoulders—ordinary things in daily life. When we look—really look at them—what can we see? In this book, Professor James Elkins invites us to watch—perhaps to see the world around us for the first time—and make breathtaking discoveries. This book brings the lens to the everyday things (including artifacts) that people often overlook or misinterpret. It tells you that you can identify a butterfly by its wings, that a cloudless sky will change colors in layers at sunset, that a bridge can reveal the relationship between people and a place, and that cracks in oil paintings can tell you their age, while cracks in the road can reveal some secrets. With the sharp eyes of an artist and the passion of a detective, Elkins also examines complex things, such as Buddhist and Hindu mandalas, the periodic table of elements, hieroglyphs, etc., turning the world into a treasure trove for observers. Let us open this book with the heart of opening a gift. Grass, night sky, stamps, the cracks on the road, shoulders—ordinary things in daily life. When we look—really look at them—what can we see? In this book, Professor James Elkins invites us to watch—perhaps to see the world around us for the first time—and make breathtaking discoveries. This book brings the lens to the everyday things (including artifacts) that people often overlook or misinterpret. It tells you that you can identify a butterfly by its wings, that a cloudless sky will change colors in layers at sunset, that a bridge can reveal the relationship between people and a place, and that cracks in oil paintings can tell you their age, while cracks in the road can reveal some secrets.