UID:
almafu_9958093323102883
Format:
1 online resource (282 p.)
ISBN:
1-351-53751-2
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1-134-84479-4
,
1-138-13769-3
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1-315-08424-4
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1-351-53752-0
,
1-138-87998-3
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0-203-42644-4
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0-203-29890-X
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1-280-15686-4
,
1-134-84480-8
Content:
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.
Note:
Originally published in print: 1995.
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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
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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
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-10623-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-10622-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203426449
