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What painting is : how to think about oil painting, using the language of alchemy / James Elkins.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Routledge, 1999.Description: x, 246 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0415921139
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 750/.1/8 21
LOC classification:
  • ND1135 .E44 1999
Summary: Explores the emotions, smells, mess, struggle for perfection, and sensations painters feel as they create a new work of art.
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Book Book Sonoma Academy Library 750 ELK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 220095
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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.

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