Modern French visual theory: a critical reader
Offers approachable, clear and original accounts of French thinkers who specialise in visual theory, with connections explained and explicated between chapters; looks at those thinkers who have been neglected in the Anglo-American world thereby expanding and diversifying the per…
Modern French visual theory: a critical reader
Offers approachable, clear and original accounts of French thinkers who specialise in visual theory, with connections explained and explicated between chapters; looks at those thinkers who have been neglected in the Anglo-American world thereby expanding and diversifying the per…
Farewell to visual studies
by Elkins, James, Manghani, Sunil
fromStone art theory institutes
"A transdisciplinary collection of essays discussing the identity, nature, and future of visual studies as a laboratory for thinking about relations between fields including art history, cultural studies, sociology, visual anthropology, film studies, media studies, postcolonial …
"A transdisciplinary collection of essays discussing the identity, nature, and future of visual studies as a laboratory for thinking about relations between fields including art history, cultural studies, sociology, visual anthropology, film studies, media studies, postcolonial …
In place of the entanglement of person and work that so strongly marks the artistic work of Andy Warhol, and settles it in the usual Pop Art context, Mèlanie-Chantal Deiss locates it within the cultural context of America's post-war period. Viewed from this perspective, Warhol's…
"In How to See the World, visual culture expert Nicholas Mirzoeff offers a sweeping look at history's most famous images--from Velázquez's Las Meninas to the iconic "Blue Marble"--To contextualize and make sense of today's visual world. Drawing on art history, sociology, semioti…
The Art of Theoretical Biology
This beautifully crafted book collects images, which were created during the process of research in all fields of theoretical biology. Data analysis, numerical treatment of a model, or simulation results yield stunning images, which represent pieces of art just by themselves. Th…
Welchen Stellenwert hat Musik im Bilderbuch? Die Beiträge des Bandes nähern sich dieser Frage, indem sie ästhetische Schnittstellen zwischen Musik, Literatur und Illustration genauer in den Blick nehmen. Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler versch…