Synopsis
A thoughtful study on how our eyes function with our brains examines the irrational elements of physical sight and concludes that human seeing transforms both the viewer and the object being viewed. 15,000 first printing.
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James Elkins is an art historian at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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