Table of contents for Pictures & tears : a history of people who have cried in front of paintings / James Elkins.

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Colorplates
Preface
Acknowledgments
1   Crying at nothing but colors
2   Crying no one can understand
3   Crying from chromatic waves
4   Crying because you've been hit by a lightning bolt
5   Weeping over bluish leaves
6   The ivory tower of tearlessness
7   False tears over a dead bird 
8   Crying because time passes
9   Weeping, watching the Madonna weep 
10  Crying at God
11  Sobbing in lonely mountains 
12  Crying at the empty sea of faith
Envoi: How to look and possibly even be moved
Appendix: Thirty-two letters
Sources
Index