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Book Title: How Pictures Complete Us: The Beautiful, The Sublime, And Th...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.4in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Paul Crowther
Publication Name: How Pictures Complete US : the Beautiful, the Sublime, and the Divine
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 10 Oz
Number of Pages: 192 Pages