Mimesis as make-believe: on the foundations of the representational arts

Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press (1990)
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Mimesis as Make-Believe is important reading for everyone interested in the workings of representational art.

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BH301.R47.W35 1990

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0674576039   9780674576032   0674576195

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10.2307/2185918
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