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"Standing in the Warburgian tradition, the Collegium for the Advanced Study of Picture Act and Embodiment presents some aspects of its work at the Warburg Institute in London: Compiled in the volume are manifold investigations into the history and theory of the picture act, the philosophy of signs and embodiment, phenomena of haptic picture experience, the animated dynamics of internal and external movement in images and language, and methodical aspects of the picture act theory."--Page 4 cover.