{"product_id":"9780415937139","title":"Pictures and Tears","description":"This title is an investigation into paintings and the emotions they evoke. James Elkins tells the story of paintings that have made people cry, contrasting the emotions shown before works of art in the past, and the tearlessness with which most people approach works of art today. Elkins write about his encounter with Bellini's Saint Francis in Ecstasy in the Frick collection, the effect of the Rothko chapel on visitors, our responses to Caravaggio, Greuze, Friedrich, Bouts, David, Ingres, Regnault, a Kamakura period landscape and makes an inquiry into the nature of art itself. Fourth-century Greek painting depicted people in states of extreme grief, so that the viewer might respond in kind. Crying in front of paintings was commonplace in the Middle Ages. There were more tears in the 18th century, and then again in the age of Romanticism. Why has the 20th century been so dry by comparison? This is a book for anyone who has wondered at the power of painting and been moved by it, perhaps even to tears.","brand":"James Elkins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45774541816126,"sku":"9780415937139","price":9318.65,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9780415937139_42582525-993a-4c0a-9b96-81dc4ac3e115.jpg?v=1707254396","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9780415937139","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}