Objects of Vision - Making Sense of What We See

Examines a series of linked case studies that not only highlight moments of seeming disconnect between seeing and believing, including hoaxes, miracles, spirit paintings, manipulated photographs, and holograms, but also offer a sensory history of ways of seeing.

About the author

A. Joan Saab is Susan B. Anthony Professor of Art History and Vice Provost of Academic Affairs at the University of Rochester. She is the author of For the Millions: American Art and Culture Between the Wars.

Product details

• Authors: A. Joan Saab
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2021
• EAN: 9780271088112
• ISBN: 978-0-271-08811-2
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 374 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Raster, farbig
• Series: Perspectives on Sensory History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; ART / History / General, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, PHOTOGRAPHY / History, History of art / art & design styles, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, General and world history