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An 1998 art historical study of the way in which images and words differ as 'signs'.
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"This book will be most useful to graduate level students and scholars who are exploring questions of meaning, symbolism, and representation both linguistically and pictorially." Religious Studies Review
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In this innovative, interdisciplinary 1998 study, James Elkins argues against the assumption that images can be adequately described in words. In his view, words must always fail because pictures possess a residue of 'meaningless' marks that cannot be apprehended as signs.
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