
Farewell to Visual Studies
Pennsylvania State University Press
Will be published approx. on 15. November 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-271-07078-0 (ISBN)
Description
Each of the five volumes in the Stone Art Theory Institutes series brings together a range of scholars who are not always directly familiar with one another's work. The outcome of each of these convergences is an extensive and "unpredictable conversation" on knotty and provocative issues about art.
This fifth and final volume in the series focuses on the identity, nature, and future of visual studies, discussing critical questions about its history, objects, and methods. The contributors question the canon of literature of visual studies and the place of visual studies with relation to theories of vision, visuality, epistemology, politics, and art history, giving voice to a variety of inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives. Rather than dismissing visual studies, as its provocative title might suggest, this volume aims to engage a critical discussion of the state of visual studies today, how it might move forward, and what it might leave behind to evolve in productive ways.
The contributors are Emmanuel Alloa, Nell Andrew, Linda Baez Rubi, Martin A. Berger, Hans Dam Christensen, Isabelle Decobecq, Bernhard J. Dotzler, Johanna Drucker, James Elkins, Michele Emmer, Yolaine Escande, Gustav Frank, Theodore Gracyk, Asbjorn Gronstad, Stephan Guenzel, Charles W. Haxthausen, Miguel A. Hernandez-Navarro, Tom Holert, Kivanc Kilinc, Charlotte Klonk, Tirza True Latimer, Mark Linder, Sunil Manghani, Anna Notaro, Julia Orell, Mark Reinhardt, Vanessa R. Schwartz, Bernd Stiegler, Oyvind Vagnes, Sjoukje van der Meulen, Terri Weissman, Lisa Zaher, and Marta Zarzycka.
This fifth and final volume in the series focuses on the identity, nature, and future of visual studies, discussing critical questions about its history, objects, and methods. The contributors question the canon of literature of visual studies and the place of visual studies with relation to theories of vision, visuality, epistemology, politics, and art history, giving voice to a variety of inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives. Rather than dismissing visual studies, as its provocative title might suggest, this volume aims to engage a critical discussion of the state of visual studies today, how it might move forward, and what it might leave behind to evolve in productive ways.
The contributors are Emmanuel Alloa, Nell Andrew, Linda Baez Rubi, Martin A. Berger, Hans Dam Christensen, Isabelle Decobecq, Bernhard J. Dotzler, Johanna Drucker, James Elkins, Michele Emmer, Yolaine Escande, Gustav Frank, Theodore Gracyk, Asbjorn Gronstad, Stephan Guenzel, Charles W. Haxthausen, Miguel A. Hernandez-Navarro, Tom Holert, Kivanc Kilinc, Charlotte Klonk, Tirza True Latimer, Mark Linder, Sunil Manghani, Anna Notaro, Julia Orell, Mark Reinhardt, Vanessa R. Schwartz, Bernd Stiegler, Oyvind Vagnes, Sjoukje van der Meulen, Terri Weissman, Lisa Zaher, and Marta Zarzycka.
Reviews / Votes
"Farewell to Visual Studies is astonishing and impressive. It opens the field to self-critical questions about its history, objects, and methods (in contrast to art history and German Bildwissenschaft). The statements of the editors at the beginning, the open-minded and self-critical discussion among the participants in the Chicago Seminars, and the contributions of the experts at the end deliver a deep impression of how such a self-assessment may lead to new shores."-Martina Sauer, Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Semiotik (DGS) "In looking back at the whole field of visual studies, the collection offers a lively contribution to the history of the inter/trans/in/discipline. It is a wonderful example of how understanding and new thinking are produced by performing intellectual clarification and innovation on the page, giving readers the sense of mediated participation in the Stone Center Seminars."
-Jon Simons, Indiana University Bloomington
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
University Park
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
1 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-271-07078-0 (9780271070780)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
James Elkins is E. C. Chadbourne Professor in the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Gustav Frank is Professor of German at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
Sunil Manghani is Reader in Critical and Cultural Theory at the University of Southampton.
Gustav Frank is Professor of German at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
Sunil Manghani is Reader in Critical and Cultural Theory at the University of Southampton.
Editor
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen
University of Southampton
Content
Contents
Series Preface
Introductions
First Introduction: Starting Points
James Elkins
Second Introduction: Affect, Agency, and Aporia: An Indiscipline with Endemic Ambivalences and a Lack of Pictures
Gustav Frank
Third Introduction: Visual Studies, or, This is Not a Diagram
Sunil Manghani
The Seminars
1 Histories: Visuelle Kultur
2 Histories: Anglo-American Visual Studies, 1989-1999
3 Histories: 2000-2010
4 Histories: The Present Decade
5 Histories: Bildwissenschaft
6 Image, Meaning, and Power
7 A General Theory of Visual Culture
8 The Political
9 Science Studies
10 The Place of the Image
11 Envoi
Assessments
Preface
Sunil Manghani
Hans Dam Christensen
Emmanuel Alloa
Nell Andrew
Martin A. Berger
Marta Zarzycka
Theodore Gracyk
Tom Holert
Julia Orell
Kivanc Kilinc
Mark Linder
Michele Emmer
Terri Weissman
Johanna Drucker
Vanessa R. Schwartz
Bernd Stiegler
Lisa Zaher
Stephan Guenzel
Bernhard J. Dotzler
Sjoukje van der Meulen
Charles W. Haxthausen
Asbjorn Gronstad
Oyvind Vagnes
Mark Reinhardt
Charlotte Klonk
Yolaine Escande
Linda Baez Rubi
Miguel A. Hernandez-Navarro
Isabelle Decobecq
Tirza True Latimer
Anna Notaro
Notes on the Contributors
Index
Series Preface
Introductions
First Introduction: Starting Points
James Elkins
Second Introduction: Affect, Agency, and Aporia: An Indiscipline with Endemic Ambivalences and a Lack of Pictures
Gustav Frank
Third Introduction: Visual Studies, or, This is Not a Diagram
Sunil Manghani
The Seminars
1 Histories: Visuelle Kultur
2 Histories: Anglo-American Visual Studies, 1989-1999
3 Histories: 2000-2010
4 Histories: The Present Decade
5 Histories: Bildwissenschaft
6 Image, Meaning, and Power
7 A General Theory of Visual Culture
8 The Political
9 Science Studies
10 The Place of the Image
11 Envoi
Assessments
Preface
Sunil Manghani
Hans Dam Christensen
Emmanuel Alloa
Nell Andrew
Martin A. Berger
Marta Zarzycka
Theodore Gracyk
Tom Holert
Julia Orell
Kivanc Kilinc
Mark Linder
Michele Emmer
Terri Weissman
Johanna Drucker
Vanessa R. Schwartz
Bernd Stiegler
Lisa Zaher
Stephan Guenzel
Bernhard J. Dotzler
Sjoukje van der Meulen
Charles W. Haxthausen
Asbjorn Gronstad
Oyvind Vagnes
Mark Reinhardt
Charlotte Klonk
Yolaine Escande
Linda Baez Rubi
Miguel A. Hernandez-Navarro
Isabelle Decobecq
Tirza True Latimer
Anna Notaro
Notes on the Contributors
Index