Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles?

Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles?
Author: James Elkins
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2004-11-23
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1135963568

With bracing clarity, James Elkins explores why images are taken to be more intricate and hard to describe in the twentieth century than they had been in any previous century. Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles? uses three models to understand the kinds of complex meaning that pictures are thought to possess: the affinity between the meanings of paintings and jigsaw-puzzles; the contemporary interest in ambiguity and 'levels of meaning'; and the penchant many have to interpret pictures by finding images hidden within them. Elkins explores a wide variety of examples, from the figures hidden in Renaissance paintings to Salvador Dali's paranoiac meditations on Millet's Angelus, from Persian miniature paintings to jigsaw-puzzles. He also examines some of the most vexed works in history, including Watteau's "meaningless" paintings, Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling, and Leonardo's Last Supper.

The Hardest Hidden Pictures Book Ever

The Hardest Hidden Pictures Book Ever
Author: Highlights
Publisher: Highlights Press
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2021-03-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1644723344

Packed with dozens of the most difficult Hidden Pictures puzzles Highlights has ever created, this book is perfect for advanced puzzlers ages 8-12 looking for a next-level challenge! This jam-packed collection includes over 80 advanced Hidden Pictures puzzles, including photo puzzles, puzzles without clues, puzzles with scrambled clues and more. A great gift for anyone who loves a puzzle challenge, this engaging activity book is filled with more than 1,500 total objects to find. Kids (and grown-ups, too) will need to keep their eyes peeled searching through hilarious scenes like sloths playing ping pong, dogs enjoying a fiesta, and a fishy carnival. There are both full-color and classic black-and-white scenes to solve. Over 125 pages of puzzles adds up to hours of screen-free fun, great for keeping kids engaged during road trips or rainy afternoons at home. Plus, this book is crafted by puzzle experts to include learning benefits parents can count on. Searching for hidden objects is a great way for kids to develop important school skills like vocabulary, concentration and visual perception. Every puzzle solved will boost kids’ confidence and encourage them to take on new challenges.

Life Picture Puzzle Across America

Life Picture Puzzle Across America
Author: Editors of Life
Publisher: Life
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-04-28
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781603208178

"4 levels: novice, master, expert, genius."

What is an Image?

What is an Image?
Author: James Elkins
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2011
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0271050640

"Brings together historians, philosophers, critics, postcolonial theorists, and curators to ask how images, pictures, and paintings are conceptualized. Issues discussed include concepts such as "image" and "picture" in and outside the West; semiotics; whether images are products of discourse; religious meanings; and the ethics of viewing"--Provided by publisher.

Christmas Hidden Pictures Puzzles to Highlight

Christmas Hidden Pictures Puzzles to Highlight
Author: Highlights
Publisher: Highlights Press
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2020-09-22
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1644721228

The perfect gift for any stocking, this collection of festive Hidden Pictures puzzles offers a unique puzzling experience. Kids can use the included bright green highlighter to find hundreds of hidden objects and create fluorescent scenes. This Christmas activity book with inverted white-on-black puzzles combines the fun of coloring with highlighters and the enduring popularity of intricate Hidden Pictures puzzles. Christmas-themed images such as skiing with Santa, decorating the tree, and making Christmas cookies pair with Highlights trademark humorous illustrations, creating a fun and engaging Christmas puzzling activity perfect for the whole family.

Pictures and Tears

Pictures and Tears
Author: James Elkins
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2005-08-02
Genre: Art
ISBN: 113595013X

This deeply personal account of emotion and vulnerability draws upon anecdotes related to individual works of art to present a chronicle of how people have shown emotion before works of art in the past.

Time for Kids Picture Puzzles

Time for Kids Picture Puzzles
Author: The Editors of TIME for Kids
Publisher: Time For Kids
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-02-26
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781603207768

What's wrong with this picture? In addition to more than 70 puzzles, this book is loaded with fun facts, statistics, trivia, and news flashes about the people, places, and items featured in the pictures.

USA Today Picture Puzzles

USA Today Picture Puzzles
Author: USA Today
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2009-05-19
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0740778544

100 original picture puzzles with 3 levels of difficulty to keep your vision and intellect sharp.

Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles?

Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles?
Author: James Elkins
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2004-11-23
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1135963576

With bracing clarity, James Elkins explores why images are taken to be more intricate and hard to describe in the twentieth century than they had been in any previous century. Why Are Our Pictures Puzzles? uses three models to understand the kinds of complex meaning that pictures are thought to possess: the affinity between the meanings of paintings and jigsaw-puzzles; the contemporary interest in ambiguity and 'levels of meaning'; and the penchant many have to interpret pictures by finding images hidden within them. Elkins explores a wide variety of examples, from the figures hidden in Renaissance paintings to Salvador Dali's paranoiac meditations on Millet's Angelus, from Persian miniature paintings to jigsaw-puzzles. He also examines some of the most vexed works in history, including Watteau's "meaningless" paintings, Michelangelo's Sistine Ceiling, and Leonardo's Last Supper.