Why do we have such extraordinarily powerful responses toward the images and pictures we see in everyday life? Why do we behave as if pictures were...
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Mar 26, 2011
Robert
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This writer is really interesting and really solid. The problem with this book is it is a bunch of discrete essays / chapters / catalog essays rather than a coherent arguments. My favorites were the introduction/preface, where he pretended he was writing a coherent book, and a few of the chapters here and there. I'd definitely read any other essay of his I come across, but I definitely wish he had pursued a more definite path through the territory he defined in his introduction. Still I'd re
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Mar 11, 2009
Adrienne
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My biggest problem with this book was the author's credibility. I'm sorry but when you contradict yourself because you're trying to make religion look bad (but then finally admit that it wasn't the way you said originally), call our government fascist, and promote genetic mutations as an exciting new form of art, I just can't really put much stock in what you say. Other than that, the book was interesting.
Apr 20, 2008
Ellie
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Had a hard time getting through the first half of this book, then the second half things got more specific, discussing actual mediums, works of art etc. I finished it about a week ago, and find the ideas are still bouncing around in my head...a interesting read, taken with a grain of salt.
Apr 07, 2009
Jen
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Sometimes the concepts required re-reading and extensive thought in various contexts, however the style was very readable and the ideas most interesting. The author is both likable and respectable as a narrator and academic.
Aug 22, 2010
Krystl
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2007 review:
I actually only read part one of this book. There are 3 parts. I do plan on reading all parts someday though because I found the first part interesting (in parts-other parts too hard to grasps). The title was basically what I read about-asking pictures what they want an discussing the possible answers. It had some very intriguing ideas.
I actually only read part one of this book. There are 3 parts. I do plan on reading all parts someday though because I found the first part interesting (in parts-other parts too hard to grasps). The title was basically what I read about-asking pictures what they want an discussing the possible answers. It had some very intriguing ideas.
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