{"product_id":"what-is-an-image-james-elkins-9780271050645","title":"What Is an Image?","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhat Is an Image? \u003c\/i\u003eraises the stakes for writing in art history, visual studies, art theory, and art criticism by questioning one of the most fundamental terms of all, the image or picture. This innovative collection gathers some of the most influential historians and theorists working on images to discuss what the visual has come to mean. Topics include concepts such as image and picture in the West and outside it; the reception and rejection of semiotics; the question of what is outside the image; the question of whether images have a distinct nature or are products of discourse, like language; the relationship between images and religious meanings; and the study of non-art images in medicine, science, and technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the major writers represented in this book are Gottfried Boehm, Michael Ann Holly, Jacqueline Lichtenstein, W. J. T. Mitchell, Marie-José Mondzain, Keith Moxey, Parul Dave Mukherji, Wolfram Pichler, Alex Potts, and Adrian Rifkin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Elkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271050640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271050645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 7.30w x 1.10d","brand":"James Elkins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064810254591,"sku":"9780271050645","price":94.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bcf829ab-b1d6-404f-a4e9-fc4ae825dcb6.jpg?v=1768671179","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-is-an-image-james-elkins-9780271050645","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}