What painting is :

Elkins, James, 1955-

What painting is : how to think about oil painting, using the language of alchemy / James Elkins. - New York : Routledge, 1999. - x, 246 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Booklist starred, August 1998 Choice, March 1999

Explores the emotions, smells, mess, struggle for perfection, and sensations painters feel as they create a new work of art.

5.7 Adult Follett Library Resources

0415921139

98014702 //r98


Painting.

ND1135 / .E44 1999

750/.1/8