
The sight of death
by T. J. Clark
Criticism and interpretationLandscape in artPaintingPsychologyLandscapes in artPoussin, nicolas, 1594-1665Psychological aspectsArt, psychology
Why do we keep returning to certain pictures? What is it we are looking for? How does our understanding of an image change over time? This investigates the nature of visual complexity, the capacity of certain images to sustain repeated attention, and how pictures respond and resist their viewers' wishes.
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