Pissing Figures 1280-2014 - Jean-Claude Lebensztejn (ekphrasis series) housing ' begins Edward Wilson's sweeping

' begins Edward Wilson's sweeping examination of the humanities and their relationship to the sciences

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Dyslexia – chunking along a straight line – at the crossing turn left is a book containing experimental layouts and fonts designed by Swiss graphic designer Salome Schmuki

Wiel Arets

Bernard Khoury

Pissing Figures 1280-2014 - Jean-Claude Lebensztejn (ekphrasis series) housing ' begins Edward Wilson's sweepingJean Claude Lebensztejns history of the urinating figure in art, Pissing Figures 12802014, is at once a scholarly inquiry into an important visual motif, and a ribald statement on transgression and limits in works of art in general. Lebensztejn is one of Frances best kept secrets. A world class art historian who has lectured and taught at major universities in the United States, his work has remained almost entirely in French, his American audience