Visual Culture
An Introduction
Published on 30. October 1997
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-7190-5019-0 (ISBN)
Description
It is the only guide to the subject written specifically for undergraduates.. The authors draw upon many years of teaching experience in this field.. The coverage is systematic, and the writing accessible. -- .
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Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations, colour|Illustrations, black & white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-5019-0 (9780719050190)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
John A. Walker is Reader in Art and Design History at Middlesex University Sarah Chaplin is Lecturer in Architectural and Design Theory at Middlesex University
Content
Concepts of culture; the concept of "the visual"; visual culture as a field of studies, and the origins of visual culture studies; coping with theory; production, distribution and consumption model; institutions; looks, the gaze, and surveillance; visual literacy and visual poetics; modes of analysis; the pleasures of visual culture; the canon and concepts of value; visual culture and commerce; new technologies.