How Pictures Complete Us: The Beautiful, the Sublime, and the Divine
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Paul Crowther., & Paul Crowther|AUTHOR. (2016). How Pictures Complete Us: The Beautiful, the Sublime, and the Divine . Stanford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Paul Crowther and Paul Crowther|AUTHOR. 2016. How Pictures Complete Us: The Beautiful, the Sublime, and the Divine. Stanford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Paul Crowther and Paul Crowther|AUTHOR. How Pictures Complete Us: The Beautiful, the Sublime, and the Divine Stanford University Press, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Paul Crowther, and Paul Crowther|AUTHOR. How Pictures Complete Us: The Beautiful, the Sublime, and the Divine Stanford University Press, 2016.
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Full title | how pictures complete us the beautiful the sublime and the divine |
Author | crowther paul |
Grouping Category | book |
Last Update | 2023-08-31 20:00:42PM |
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