TY  - BOOK
AU  - Elkins,James
TI  - Six stories from the end of representation: images in painting, photography, astronomy, microscopy, particle physics, and quantum mechanics, 1980-2000 
SN  - 0804741476
AV  - B105.R4 E45 2008
U1  - 701 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Stanford, Calif.
PB  - Stanford University Press
KW  - Art and science
KW  - Image (Philosophy)
KW  - Representation (Philosophy)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-269) and index; Painting -- Photography -- Astronomy -- Microscopy -- Particle physics -- Quantum mechanics
N2  - James Elkins tells six independent stories about images made in the last quarter century. Some come from the world of art (painting and photography) and some from science (physics, astrophysics, and microscopy). What these images have in common is that they all fail as representations: they are blurry, dark, pixelated, or otherwise inadequete to what they represent. Yet this is precisely why they are of interest. Studies that bring together art and science are often predicated on the idea that science influences art or vice versa. Elkins challenges this view and remains true to the material of each discipline. --From cover
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2007010175-b.html
ER  -