
A History of Visual Culture is a history of ideas. The recent explosion of interest in visual culture suggests the phenomenon is very recent. But visual culture has a history. Knowledge began to be systematically grounded in observation and display from the Enlightenment. Since then, from the age of industrialisation and colonialism to today's globalised world, visual culture has continued to shap...
Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Berg Publishers (December 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1845204921
ISBN-13: 978-1845204921
Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 0.9 x 9.6 inches
Amazon Rank: 2581774
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Amazing book. Comprehensive and detailed. An excellent text for any class in Visual Culture. This can be used for both undergraduates and graduate students. I'd recommend this volume highly. The price is also a big draw for students....
of thinking and of interpreting the world.Carefully structured to cover a wide history and geography, A History of Visual Culture is divided into themed sections - Revolt and Revolution; Science and Empiricism; Gaze and Spectacle; Acquisition, Display, and Desire; Conquest, Colonialism, and Globalization; Image and Reality; Media and Visual Technologies. Each section presents a carefully selected range of case studies from across the last 250 years, designed to illustrate how all kinds of visual media have shaped our technology, aesthetics, politics and culture.