Iconic Experience in Art and Life: Surface/Depth Beginning with Giacometti's Standing Woman

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1-19

  Alexander, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

art; culture; icons; sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949083945     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276408095213     Document Type: Article

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