Photography : history and theory / / Jae Emerling

• Autore: Emerling Jae
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY, : Routledge, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 p.)
• Disciplina: 770.1
• Soggetto topico: Photographic criticism; Photography, Artistic - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Photography; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1. The thing itself; Gloss on Walter Benjamin, "Little History of Photography" (1931); 2. Frame (matter and metaphor); Gloss on Roland Barthes, "The Rhetoric of the Image" (1964); 3. Documentary, or instants of truth; Gloss on Susan Sontag, Regarding the Pain of Others (2002); 4. The archive as producer; Gloss on Michel Foucault, The Archaeology of Knowledge (1969); 5. Time-images; Gloss on Vilém Flusser, Towards a Philosophy of Photography (1983); Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Photography: History and Theory introduces students to both the history of photography and critical theory.From its inception in the nineteenth century, photography has instigated a series of theoretical debates. In this new text, Jae Emerling therefore argues that the most insightful way to approach the histories of photography is to address simultaneously the key events of photographic history alongside the theoretical discourse that accompanied them.While the nineteenth century is discussed, the central focus of the text is on modern and contemporary photographic t
• Titolo autorizzato: Photography
• ISBN: 1-136-52115-1; 1-136-52116-X; 0-203-15321-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816771503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II