What does Peirce's Sign System Have to Say to Art History?

Culture, Theory, and Critique 44 (1):5-22 (2003)
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Abstract

Peirce is far too strange for the uses to which he is put in art history. This is a plea to art historians for a moratorium on Peirce citations.

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James Elkins
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Languages of Art.Nelson Goodman - 1970 - Philosophy and Rhetoric 3 (1):62-63.
Icon, index, and symbol.Arthur W. Burks - 1948 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 9 (4):673-689.
Peirce’s Concept of Sign.Douglas Greenlee - 1973 - Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 10 (3):185-189.

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