Visual culture : an introduction.
By: Walker, John Albert
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Contributor(s): Chaplin, Sarah.
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BookPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 1997Description: 231 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0719050200.Subject(s): Ut pictura poesis (Aesthetics) | Arts, Modern -- 20th century | Popular cultureDDC classification: 700.1
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
Includes index.
CIT Module ARTS 8002 - Supplementary reading.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 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
Author notes provided by Syndetics
John Walker holds a Ph.D. in solid state physics from the University of Reading.Mr. Walker is a technical manager for Racal Telecommunications Ltd. in Reading, United Kingdom.
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