James Elkins is E.C. Chadbourne Chair in the Department of art history, theory and criticism of the school of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the author of several books, including why art cannot be taught: A Handbook for art students and it stares back: on the nature of seeing.
Elkins has a special fascination as we things from paintings to everyday objects betrachtet.Seine new series to the topic for the Huffington Post opened with How to look at a Mondrian.
The second column in the series is How long does it take to look at a painting?, where he time keeps individuals dedicated to look at a painting from the superficial (the Louvre reports that people look at the Mona Lisa for an average of 15 seconds), the type of advanced interaction with a painting takes place in their lifetime.
It focuses in particular on a beautiful small 15th century devotional painting, Lacrime Madonna of Dieric bouts.
(His description of painting, especially dealing with the eyes caused me to think of another painting, very different in some ways similar to as in others, by Rogier van der Weyden.)
Elkins invites comments on the post (login required) from readers who have had experiences with long periods of time look at a painting, expenditure throughout the work lost or to it repeatedly.
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