John Walker, Sarah Chaplin

Visual culture

An introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9780719050206
• ISBN-10: 0719050200
• Artikelnr.: 21454480

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction 1. Concepts of Culture 2. The Concept of the Visual 3.
Visual Culture as a Field of Studies, and the Origins of Visual Culture
Studies 4. Coping with Theory 5. Production, Distribution and Consumption
Model 6. Institutions 7. Looks, the Gaze and Surveillance 8. Visual
Literacy and Visual Poetics 9. Modes of Analysis 10. The Pleasures of
Visual Culture 11. The Canon and Concepts of Value 12. Visual Culture and
Commerce 13. New Technologies Appendix: Modular Schemes Bibliography Index