Exploring Visual Culture : : Definitions, Concepts, Contexts / / Matthew Rampley.

An introduction to the study of visual culture, this book offers a view of 'visual culture' that includes not only images, but also other visual media and forms of expression, from architecture to fashion, design and the human body. The book is organised around three broad themes, explorin...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Figures
  • Contributors
  • Introduction
  • 1. Visual Culture and the Meanings of Culture
  • 2. Definitions of Art and the Art World
  • 3. Concepts of Craft
  • 4. Design and Modern Culture
  • 5. Fashion: Style, Identity and Meaning
  • 6. Photography and Film
  • 7. Architecture and Visual Culture
  • 8. Representation and the Idea of Realism
  • 9. Visual Rhetoric
  • 10. The Rise and Fall and Rise of the Author
  • 11. The Ideology of the Visual
  • 12. Visual Practices in the Age of Industry
  • 13. Technical Reproduction and its Significance
  • 14. From Mass Media to Cyberculture
  • 15. Visual Culture and its Institutions
  • Index