Pictures and Tears

A History of People Who Have Cried in Front of Paintings

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James Elkins

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Pictures and Tears is a strange and wonderful investigation into paintings and the emotions they evoke. James Elkins tells the story of paintings that have made people cry, contrasting the emotions shown before works of art in the past, and the tearlessness with which most people approach works of art today. Elkins writes about his encounter with Bellini's Saint Francis in Ecstasy in the Frick collection, the effect of the Rothko chapel on visitors, our responses to Caravaggio, Greuze, Friedrich, Bouts, David, Ingres, Regnault, a Kamakura period landscape and makes an inquiry into the nature of art itself. Fourth-century Greek painting depicted people in states of extreme grief, so that the viewer might respond in kind. Crying in front of paintings was commonplace in the Middle Ages. There were more tears in the eighteenth century, and then again in the age of Romanticism. Why have the last hundred years been so dry by comparison? This is a book for anyone who has wondered at the power of painting and been moved by it, perhaps even to tears.

Author Biography:

James Elkins is Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is the author of many books, including How to Use Your Eyes and What Painting Is, both published by Routledge.

Release date Australia

September 14th, 2001

Author

James Elkins

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

8 Illustrations, color; 4 Illustrations, black and white

Pages

294

Dimensions

140x216x25

ISBN-13

9780415937139

Product ID

1742475

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