Enchanted objects visual art in contemporary fiction / Allan Hepburn.
| Author/creator | Hepburn, Allan |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Toronto ; Buffalo, NY : University of Toronto Press, |
| Description | x, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : art and objects in contemporary fiction. Aesthetic objects ; Enchantment ; Display ; Looking at collections ; Certain distances -- Details : Vermeer and specificity. In particular ; Women, objects, stillness ; A poetics of detail ; The fate of two paintings ; Labour and excess in Girl with a pearl earring -- Ornament : books in A case of curiosities and Salamander. Enchanted books ; Theories of ornament ; A case of curiosities : collection and display ; Books and infinity in Salamander -- Fragility : the case of Utz. Broken idols ; The end of museums ; Fragility -- Looking at ugliness : Pascali's island and Stone virgin. Representation ; Digging ; Theories of ugliness ; Conservation -- Conclusion : on display. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-265) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010481416 |
| ISBN | 9781442641006 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 1442641002 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |