A thoughtful, engaging and intimate history of art that offers a critical analysis of the assumptions on which the entire discipline of art history depends.
James Elkins is Professor of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA. He is the author and editor of many books on art and visual culture, including Visual Studies: A Skeptical Introduction (2003), Visual Literacy (2007), How to Use Your Eyes (2008), What Photography Is (2011), and What Painting Is, 2nd Edition (2019).
