Looking askance skepticism and American art from Eakins to Duchamp

Looking askance : skepticism and American art from Eakins to Duchamp / Michael Leja.

Author/creator	Leja, Michael, 1951-
Other author/creator	American Council of Learned Societies.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Berkeley : University of California Press,
Description	xiii, 300 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book
Subject(s)	Optical illusions in art. Visual perception--Psychological aspects. Art and society--United States. Art, American--19th century. Art, American--20th century.

Contents	Introduction: looking askance -- Mumler's fraudulent photographs -- Eakins's reality effects -- Impressionism and nature's deceptions -- Touching pictures by William Harnett -- Buffalo's illusions -- The self's deceptions -- Humbugs for highbrows: Duchamp's readymades in New York.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2003022760
ISBN	0520238079 (alk. paper)

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