The Sight of Death : An Experiment in Art Writing Condition:Good Lightfinger

Lightfinger

a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die

First published in 1958

and danger

and illustrated with beautiful colour photographs throughout

The Sight of Death : An Experiment in Art Writing Condition:Good LightfingerA renowned art historian confronts the specific powers of painting, and the hold of the visual image on the viewer's imaginationWhy do we find ourselves returning to certain pictures time and again? What is it we are looking for? How does our understanding of an image change over time? In his latest book T. J. Clark addresses these questionsand many morein ways that steer art writing into new territory. In early 2000 two extraordinary paintings by