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Reading Pictures: What We Think About When We Look At Art

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Book Title: Reading Pictures : What We Think about When We Look AT Art

Item Length: 9.1in

Item Height: 0.9in

Item Width: 6in

Author: Alberto Manguel

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Conceptual, Criticism & Theory, General, Study & Teaching, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

Publication Year: 2002

Genre: Art, Psychology

Item Weight: 21.7 Oz

Number of Pages: 352 Pages

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