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Barcode30293102359333
StatusIn Processing
LocationClark County
Call No704.9432 Lacq
TitleThe dog's gaze : a visual history / Thomas W. Laqueur.
AuthorLaqueur, Thomas Walter, author.
CollectionNF
Total Circ0
NumReserves1
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293102359333704.9432 Lacq6/11/2026 In Processing 

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780593652794 hardcover
International Standard Book Number 0593652797 hardcover
Personal Name Laqueur, Thomas Walter, author.
Title Statement The dog's gaze : a visual history / Thomas W. Laqueur.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Penguin Press, 2026.
Physical Description 400 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note Preface: Dogs and me -- The dog's gaze -- The deep time of the dog -- The art of the dog -- Dogs and the human condition -- Dogs in the art of modern life -- Dogs and the moral imagination -- We are not alone.
Summary, Etc. "From award-winning cultural historian, an enlightening and unique meditation on the presence of dogs in art, from the Paleolithic era to the present, and what our intertwined human-canine relationship reveals about human nature Long before the phrase man's best friend became common parlance, dogs were already standing beside us in art as in life. In The Dog's Gaze, the historian Thomas W. Laqueur invites us to explore why they feature more than any other animal in the ways in which we picture ourselves and our stories. Dogs have been ubiquitous in the worldmaking of visual artists as far back as the Paleolithic age. Looking across the Western tradition, from Giotto to Goya and Rubens to Rego, Laqueur shows what their presence -- as hunting partners, beloved friends, and even conduits to the afterlife -- reveals about our own ways of seeing and how we want to be remembered. Far from being mere motifs, dogs are an integral and intentional element of the images in which they appear: They provide narrative coherence; they look out and bear witness, often on the artist's behalf; they illuminate our understanding of morality and melancholy and some, like us, become celebrities. Indeed, as Laqueur reveals, dogs in art are our social doppelgangers, our companions in looking and being. Richly illustrated and lovingly written, The Dog's Gaze is a unique visual history that examines the remarkable social bond between two species, shedding new light on the human condition through the eyes of our canine companions"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Dogs in art.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Human-animal relationships.

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