James Elkins (born 1955) is an American

art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

and

art critic An art critic is a person who is specialized in analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating art. Their written critiques or reviews contribute to art criticism and they are published in newspapers, magazines, books, exhibition brochures, and catalogue ...

. He is E.C. Chadbourne Chair of art history, theory, and criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He also coordinates the Stone Summer Theory Institute, a short term school on contemporary art history based at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Education

*BA, cum laude, 1977, Cornell University *MFA and MA, 1984, University of Chicago *PhD with honors, 1989, University of Chicago

Publications

*Pictures and Tears: A History of People Who Have Cried in Front of Paintings *Chinese Landscape Painting as Western Art History *Pictures of the Body: Pain and Metamorphosis *The Domain of Images *How to Use Your Eyes *What Painting Is *The Poetics of Perspective *The Object Stares Back: On the Nature of Seeing *Why are our Pictures Puzzles? *What Happened to Art Criticism? *Visual Studies: A Skeptical Introduction *Why Art Cannot Be Taught: A Handbook For Art Students *Six Stories From the End of Representation *Stories of Art *On the Strange Place of Religion in Contemporary Art *On Pictures and the Words That Fail Them *Our Beautiful, Dry, and Distant Texts: Art History as Writing *Master Narratives and Their Discontents

References

External links

*http://www.jameselkins.com American art historians American art critics School of the Art Institute of Chicago faculty Art Institute of Chicago Living people 1955 births {{US-art-historian-stub