The sight of death
Subtitle: an experiment in art writing
By: T.J. Clark.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665 -- Criticism and interpretation; Landscape in art; Painting -- Psychology
Description: Why do we keep returning to certain pictures? What is it we are looking for? How does our understanding of an image change over time? This investigates the nature of visual complexity, the capacity of certain images to sustain repeated attention, and how pictures respond and resist their viewers' wishes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.