Object Stares Back（ISBN=9780156004978）

In this "remarkable tour de force" (Publishers Weekly)-a "ceaselessly thought-provoking book" (Kirkus Reviews)-art historian James Elkins marshals psychology, philosophy, science, and art history to show how seeing alters the thing seen and transforms the seer. Black-and-white photographs.

INTRODUCTION
One    "JUST LOOKING"
Two   THE OBJECT STARES BACK
Three LOOKING AWAY, AND SEEING TOO MUCH
Four   SEEING BODIES
Five   WHAT IS A FACE?
Six    BLINDNESS
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FOR FURTHER READING
PHOTO CREDITS
INDEX