Pictures & Tears: A History of People who Have Cried in Front of Paintings
- ISBN-10
- 0415970539
- ISBN-13
- 9780415970532
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Psychology Press
- Author
- James Elkins
Description
This deeply personal account of emotion and vulnerability draws upon anecdotes related to individual works of art to present a chronicle of how people have shown emotion before works of art in the past.
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