Entrée principale:

Walker, John A. (John Albert), 1938-

Titre et auteur:

Visual culture : an introduction / John A. Walker & Sarah Chaplin.

Publication:

Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 1997.

Description:

viii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Concepts of 'culture' -- 2. The concept of 'the visual' -- 3. Visual culture as a field of study, and the origins of Visual Culture Studies -- 4. Coping with theory -- 5. Production, distribution and consumption model -- 6. Institutions -- 7. Looks, the gaze and surveillance -- 8. Visual literacy and visual poetics -- 9. Modes of analysis -- 10. The pleasures of visual culture -- 11. The canon and concepts of value -- 12. Visual culture and commerce -- 13. New technologies -- Appendix. Modular schemes -- Index.

Résumé:

The only guide at present written specifically for undergraduates, this book offers an introduction to the expanding realm of visual culture.

Ressources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0719050200 (pbk.)
9780719050206 (pbk.)
0719050197 (cloth)
9780719050190 (cloth)

Sujet:

Arts, Modern 20th century.
Popular culture.
Visual communication.
Art and society.
Ut pictura poesis (Aesthetics)
Popular Culture
Arts 20e siècle.
Culture populaire.
Communication visuelle.
Ut pictura poesis (Esthétique)
Art et société.
popular culture.
ut pictura poesis.
Arts, Modern.
Kunst.
Visuele waarneming.
Art 20e siècle.
Esthétique.

Vedettes secondaires:

Chaplin, Sarah.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 178891
Cote: ID NX458.W36; ID:98-B1379
Statut: Disponible