Presence
Subtitle: the inherence of the prototype within images and other objects
By: edited by Rupert Shepherd and Robert Maniura.
Contributors: Shepherd, Rupert.; Maniura, Robert.
Series: Histories of vision
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
Subjects: Visual communication.; Art -- Psychology.; Art and anthropology.; Image (Philosophy)
Description: "Presence: The Inherence of the Prototype within Images and Other Objects reconsiders the notion of 'presence' in objects. The first book to address the issue directly, it contains a series of case studies covering a broad geographical and chronological range from ancient Greece and the Incas to industrial America and contemporary India, as well as examples from the canon of western European art."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.