An introduction to visual culture / Nicholas Mirzoeff.

Author/creator Mirzoeff, Nicholas, 1962-
Format Book
Edition2nd ed.
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
Descriptionxxii, 321 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentKlappentext
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Global Visual Cultures : Paradox and Comparison -- Sight becomes Vision : From al-Haytham to Perspective -- "1492" : Expulsions, Expropriations, Encounters -- Slavery, Modernity and Visual Culture -- Panoptic Modernity -- Imperial Transcultures : From Kongo to Congo -- Sexuality Disrupts : Measuring the Silences -- Inventing the West -- Decolonizing Visions -- Discrete States: Digital Worlds from the Difference Engine to Web 2.0 -- The Death of the Death of Photography -- Celebrity : From Imperial Monarchy to Reality TV -- Watching War.
Summary This is a wide-ranging and stimulating introduction to the history and theory of visual culture from painting to the television screen. Mirzoeff argues that the visual is replacing the linguistic as our primary means of communicating.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formEinführung.
LCCN 2008043740
ISBN9780415327589 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN041532758X (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780415327596 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0415327598 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks N72.S6 M57 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold