A Short Introduction to Anneliese is the second volume in author James Elkins’ multi-volume mega-...

Acclaimed author, James Elkins, presents a road map of the field of visual studies, describing it...

Gathers historians, philosophers, critics, curators, and artists to explore the divisions in teac...

Visual Cultures is the first study of the place of visuality and literacy in specific nations aro...

The State of Art Criticism presents an international conversation among art historians and critic...

In this unparalleled collection, over twenty of the world's most prominent thinkers on the subjec...

This third volume in 'The Art Seminar' is essential reading on art and visual studies with contri...

What does it mean to be visually literate? Does it mean different things in the arts and the scie...

Can contemporary art say anything about spirituality? Answering this question and more, On the St...

In What Photography Is, James Elkins examines the strange and alluring power of photography in th...

In this innovative, interdisciplinary study, James Elkins argues against the assumption that imag...