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Autore: | Lechte John |
Titolo: | Genealogy and ontology of the Western image and its digital future / / John Lechte |
Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina: | 701 |
Soggetto topico: | Art - Philosophy |
Image (Philosophy) | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Genealogy and Ontology of the Western Image and its Digital Future; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction-'Genealogy', 'Ontology', 'Western Image' and the 'Digital'; Part I: Genealogy and Ontology (Paradigms); 1.The Image in Plato and the Greek World; PART 1; PART 2; PART 3; 2. The Byzantine Image; 3. The Renaissance Image; 4. Transparency and Opacity-The Image in Rousseau, Diderot, Hume and Kant; 5. The Industrial Image; Part II: The Image in Photography and Cinema and its Digital Future |
6. Some Fallacies and Truths Concerning the Image in Old and New Media7. Barthes and Benjamin on the Photographic Image and Time; 8. The Image and Beauty in Relation to Visual Digital Art; 9. The Time-Image; Notes; References; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | With the emerging dominance of digital technology, the time is ripe to reconsider the nature of the image. Some say that there is no longer a phenomenal image, only disembodied information (0-1) waiting to be configured. For photography, this implies that a faith in the principle of an ""evidential force"" - of the impossibility of doubting that the subject was before the lens - is no longer plausible. Technologically speaking, we have arrived at a point where the manipulation of the image is an ever-present possibility, when once it was difficult, if not impossible.What are the key |
Titolo autorizzato: | Genealogy and ontology of the Western image and its digital future |
ISBN: | 1-280-66041-4 |
9786613637345 | |
0-203-12184-8 | |
1-136-32983-8 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910451638403321 |
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