Writing Visual Histories (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Grant, Florence; Jordanova, Ludmilla

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What can visual artifacts tell us about the past? How can we interpret them rigorously, weaving their formal and material qualities into rich social contexts to reach wider historical conclusions? Unfolding key historiographical and methodological issues, Writing Visual Histories equips students to answer these questions, showing visual analysis to be a key skill in historical research.

A multifaceted structure makes this a practical guide for writing and reflecting on visual histories. A first section includes six case studies -- on topics ranging from medieval heraldry to Life magazine. These examples are followed by an exploration of essential concepts that inform historical thinking about visual matters, a treatment of disciplinary practices, and discussion of the practicalities (such as accessing museum collections and organising permissions) that scholars working with visual sources have to navigate.

This book is an invaluable tool kit for opening up a historical understanding of visual phenomena and practices of looking, and for writing that takes an integrated approach to studies of the past.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350023475
• Artikelnr.: 60331590

Autorenporträt

Florence Grant holds a PhD in History from King's College London and is currently an independent writer and editor based in Western North Carolina, USA Ludmilla Jordanova is Emeritus Professor of History and Visual Culture at Durham University, UK. She is also the author of History in Practice, 3rd Edition (Bloomsbury, 2019)

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction 1.
Heraldry Topsy-Turvy: Depictions and Performances of Dishonour and Death,
Marcus Meer 2. Costume Imagery and the Visualisation of Humanity in Early
Modern Europe, Katherine Bond 3. Identity and Continuity: The Visual
Culture of an Institution over 500 Years, Ludmilla Jordanova 4. Making an
Exhibition of Himself: John Wilkes through Visual Sources, Jonathan Conlin
5. Writing the History of the Photographic Book: The Case of Weimar
Germany, J. J. Long 6. The Picture Magazine: Life and the Limits of
Photography, Melissa Renn Concepts Agency Art Discourse Genre Iconography
Medium Reception Reproduction Rhetoric Skill Style Visual Culture Practices
Description Contextualization Periodization Practicalities Using Image
Databases Organizing Permissions Writing Captions Publishing with Pictures
Conclusions Notes Bibliography Index