How to use your eyes / James Elkins.
"I hope this book will inspire every reader to stop and consider things that are...so clearly meaningless that they never seemed worth a second thought.... Grass, the night sky, a postage stamp, a crack in the sidewalk, a shoulder. Ordinary objects of everyday life. But when we look at them--re...
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New York :
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2000.
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Table of Contents:
- Things made by man. How to look at a postage stamp
- How to look at a culvert
- How to look at an oil painting
- How to look at pavement
- How to look at an x-ray
- How to look at Linear B
- How to look at Chinese and Japanese scripts
- How to look at Egyptian hieroglyphs
- How to look at Egyptian scarabs
- How to look at an engineering drawing
- How to look at a rebus
- How to look at mandalas
- How to look at perspective pictures
- How to look at an alchemical emblem
- How to look at special effects
- How to look at the periodic table
- How to look at a map
- Things made by nature. How to look at a shoulder
- How to look at a face
- How to look at a fingerprint
- How to look at grass
- How to lok at a twig
- How to look at sand
- How to look at moths' wings
- How to look at halos
- How to look at sunsets
- How to look at color
- How to look at the night
- How to look at mirages
- How to look at a crystal
- How to look at the inside of your eye
- How to look at nothing
- Postscript. How do we look to a scallop?
- Preface Human Artifacts
- 1. How to look at a postage stamp
- 2. How to look at a culvert
- 3. How to look at an oil painting
- 4. How to look at pavement
- 5. How to look at an X-ray
- 6. How to look at Linear B
- 7. How to look at Chinese script
- 8. How to look at hieroglyphs
- 9. How to look at Egyptian scarabs
- 10. How to look at an engineering drawing
- 11. How to look at a rebus
- 12. How to look at mandalas
- 13. How to look at perspective pictures
- 14. How to look at an alchemical emblem
- 15. How to look at special effects
- 16. How to look at the periodic table
- 17. How to look at a map
- Natural History
- 18. How to look at a shoulder
- 19. How to look at a face
- 20. How to look at a fingerprint
- 21. How to look at grass
- 22. How to look at a twig
- 23. How to look at sand
- 24. How to look at moths' wings
- 25. How to look at halos
- 26. How to look at sunsets
- 27. How to look at colour
- 28. How to look at the night
- 29. How to look at mirages
- 30. How to look at a crystal
- 31. How to look at the inside of your eye
- 32. How to look at nothing
- Postscript: How do we look to a scallop?
- Preface
- Human Artifacts
- 1. How to look at a postage stamp
- 2. How to look at a culvert
- 3. How to look at an oil painting
- 4. How to look at pavement
- 5. How to look at an X-ray
- 6. How to look at Linear B
- 7. How to look at Chinese script
- 8. How to look at hieroglyphs
- 9. How to look at Egyptian scarabs
- 10. How to look at an engineering drawing
- 11. How to look at a rebus
- 12. How to look at mandalas
- 13. How to look at perspective pictures
- 14. How to look at an alchemical emblem
- 15. How to look at special effects
- 16. How to look at the periodic table
- 17. How to look at a map
- Natural History
- 18. How to look at a shoulder
- 19. How to look at a face
- 20. How to look at a fingerprint
- 21. How to look at grass
- 22. How to look at a twig
- 23. How to look at sand
- 24. How to look at moths' wings
- 25. How to look at halos
- 26. How to look at sunsets
- 27. How to look at colour
- 28. How to look at the night
- 29. How to look at mirages
- 30. How to look at a crystal
- 31. How to look at the inside of your eye
- 32. How to look at nothing
- Postscript: How do we look to a scallop?.