Paul Hetherington
Ashgate
Hardback
328

Presence reconsiders the notion of ?«presence?» in objects. The first book to address the issue directly, it contains a series of case studies covering a broad geographical and chronological range from ancient Greece and the Incas to industrial America and contemporary India, as well as examples from the canon of western European art. The studies reveal the widespread evidence for this striking form of response and allow readers to see how ?«presence?» is evoked and either embraced or repressed in differing historical and cultural contexts.