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Record Nr.

UNINA9910172221703321

Titolo

Visual culture / / edited by Chris Jenks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 1995

ISBN

1-351-53751-2

1-134-84479-4

1-138-13769-3

1-315-08424-4

1-351-53752-0

1-138-87998-3

0-203-42644-4

0-203-29890-X

1-280-15686-4

1-134-84480-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

JenksChris

Disciplina

700/.1/03

Soggetti

Arts, Modern - 20th century

Arts and society

Popular culture

Visual communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published in print: 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; THE CENTRALITY OF THE EYE IN WESTERN CULTURE: AN INTRODUCTION; ADVERTISING: THE RHETORICAL IMPERATIVE; REPORTING AND VISUALISING; FRACTURED SUBJECTIVITY; THE CITY, THE CINEMA: MODERN SPACES; FABULOUS CONFUSION! POP BEFORE POP?; AN ART OF SCHOLARS: CORRUPTION, NEGATION AND PARTICULARITY IN PAINTINGS BY RYMAN AND RICHTER; WATCHING YOUR STEP: THE HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF THE FLNEUR; REICH DREAMS: RITUAL HORROR AND ARMOURED BODIES; TELEVISION: NOT SO MUCH A VISUAL MEDIUM, MORE A VISIBLE OBJECT

FOUCAULT'S OPTICS: THE (IN) VISION OF MORTALITY AND



MODERNITYMANAGING 'TRADITION': THE PLIGHT OF AESTHETIC PRACTICES AND THEIR ANALYSIS IN A TECHNOSCIENTIFIC CULTURE; PHOTOGRAPHY AND MODERN VISION: THE SPECTACLE OF 'NATURAL MAGIC'; THREE IMAGES OF THE VISUAL: EMPIRICAL, FORMAL AND NORMATIVE; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of original and exciting essays explores the 'visual' character of contemporary culture. Examining film, painting, propaganda, photography and television, this is an indispensible guide to this field.