The image

The image

by Aumont, Jacques

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Images have become a source of knowledge and persuasion as powerful as the written word. And yet the image, as it manifests itself in painting, cinema, journalism, TV and photography, remains an enigmatic device. This text provides a theoretical account of the image, centred around five major questions - what does it mean to see an image? Who watches the image? How is the relationship between viewer and image regulated? How does the image "represent" the real world? Why do we classify some imag…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :The image / Jacques Aumont ; translated by Claire Pajackowska.

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Images have become a source of knowledge and persuasion as powerful as the written word. And yet the image, as it manifests itself in painting, cinema, journalism, TV and photography, remains an enigmatic device. This text provides a theoretical account of the image, centred around five major questions - what does it mean to see an image? Who watches the image? How is the relationship between viewer and image regulated? How does the image "represent" the real world? Why do we classify some images as art?

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1997.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:vi, 249 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0851704093, 9780851704098, 0851704107, 9780851704104
  • oclc:ocm37886509
  • LC Classification:BF241
  • Dewey Decimal:791.43

Subjects

Art Art -- Psychologie Art -- Psychology Bibel, Philemonbrief Bildaufbau Cinéma Esthetics -- psychology Film Filmkunst Motion pictures Perception visuelle Photographie Photography Visual communication visual perception Visuele waarneming

Writers

Aumont, Jacques Pajackowska, Claire

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