Elkins, James, 1955- What painting is : how to think about oil painting, using the language of alchemy / James Elkins. - New York : Routledge, 1999. - x, 246 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN: 0415921139 LCCN: 98014702 //r98 Subjects--Topical Terms: Painting. LC Class. No.: ND1135 / .E44 1999 Dewey Class. No.: 750/.1/8