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The Object Stares Back
James Elkins
其他書名
On the Nature of Seeing
出版Harcourt Brace, 1997
主題Art / Criticism & TheoryArt / History / GeneralHistory / Social HistoryMedical / OphthalmologyNature / Animals / WildlifePhilosophy / SocialPhilosophy / EssaysPsychology / GeneralPsychology / Cognitive Psychology & CognitionPsychology / Physiological PsychologyPsychology / Social PsychologyPsychology / Creative AbilityPsychology / Mental Health
ISBN01560049769780156004978
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xhKtH4gGTyYC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋At first it appears that nothing could be easier than seeing. We just focus our eyes and take in whatever is before us. This ability seems detached, efficient and rational - as if the eyes were competent machines telling us everything about the world without distorting it in any way. But those ideas are just illusions, James Elkins argues, and he suggests that seeing is undependable, inconsistent and cauthg up in the threads of the unconscious. Blindness is not the opposite of vision, but its constant companion, and even the foundation of seeing itself. Using drawings, paintings, diagrams and photographs to illustrate his points, Elkins raises intriguing questions and offers astonishing perceptions about the nature of vision.