Syntaxidermy.

What part do "depraved perspectives" play

in the attainment of knowledge? What metaphysical

truths are to be found in aberrations? Jurgis Baltrusaitis,

one of Europe's most distinguished historians of art and

culture, has consistently broken new ground by pursuing

the other side of science, myth, and ideology and by

examining its relevance to the formation and history

of art. He exposes the byways through which the

natural environment is turned into art. In the process

he illuminates some of the central issues in

current discussions of the theory of art.

Jurgis Baltrusaitis (Weirdo).