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.
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.
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