Pictorial cultures and political iconographies : approaches, perspectives, case studies from Europe and America / edited by Udo J. Hebel, Christoph Wagner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hebel, Udo J.

Wagner, Christoph, 1964 June 15-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Political aspects.

Art.

Art and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The pictorial turn in the humanities and social sciences has foregrounded the political power of images and the extent to which historical, political, social, and cultural processes and practices are shaped visually. Political iconographies are taken to interpret norms of actions, support ideological formations, and enhance moral concepts. Visual rhetorics are understood as active players in the construction and contestation of the political realm and public space. The twenty-one articles by scholars from Europe and the United States explore the political function and cultural impact of images from the perspectives of Art History, American Studies, Visual Culture Studies, History, and Political Science. The contributions in particular address the complex interplay between agent and addressee in the public space as well as issues of national identity, discourses of inclusion and exclusion, and the designation of political spaces within transnational contexts. The publication is part of the interdisciplinary research initiative "Perceiving and Understanding: Functions, Perception Processes, Forms of Visualizations, Cultural Strategies of Pictures and Texts" at the University of Regensburg.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction / HEBEL, UDO J. / WAGNER, CHRISTOPH

Why Is There No Political Science of the Arts? / BEYME, KLAUS VON

Rubens's Pictorial Peacekeeping Force: Negotiating through 'Visual Speech-Acts / HEINEN, ULRICH

Political Iconography and the Picture Act: The Execution of Charles I in 1649 / SCHNEIDER, PABLO

"The Conqueror of Canada" - Benjamin West and the Heroes of Sentimentalism / JEHLE, OLIVER

Nationalism and Truth in Grant Wood's / Fable, Parson Weems'

Masculinity, Sexuality, and the German Nation: The Eulenburg Scandals and Kaiser Wilhelm II in Political Cartoons / BRUNS, CLAUDIA

Bauhaus, the Radio, and the Colors of Fascism / WAGNER, CHRISTOPH

Adolf Hitler's (Self-)Fashioning as a Genius: The Visual Politics of National Socialism's Cult of Genius / PYTA, WOLFRAM

The Grammar of Postrevolutionary Visual Politics: Comparing Presidential Stances of George Washington and Friedrich Ebert / DEPKAT, VOLKER

Making the Invisible Visible: The Public Persona of Malcolm X / GILL, LISA M.

The New Face of American Anger: Internet Imagery and the Power of Contagious Feeling / ORVELL, MILES

Photographing American Indians: An Imaginary Exhibition / GIDLEY, MICK

The "Other" Country in the City: Urban Space and the Politics of Visibility in American Social Documentary Photography / SCHMIDT, KERSTIN

Taming the Teeming Masses: Visualizing Order at Ellis Island / SZLEZÁK, KLARA STEPHANIE

Replacing the President: Cecil Stoughton's "Lyndon B. Johnson Taking the Oath of Office" and the Iconography of U.S. American Presidential Inaugurations / HEBEL, UDO J.

Souvenirs from the Landscapes of Modernity: Richard Misrach, Camilo Vergara, and the Visual Politics of Ruin / SANDEEN, ERIC J.

The Trouble with Atrocity Photography in Gerhard Richter, Robert Morris and Alfredo Jaar, or, Art on the Brink of Failure / BRÜCKLE, WOLFGANG

Must-See Sights: The Politics of Representing U.S.-American History / GESSNER, INGRID

Body, Building, City, and Environment: Iconography in the Mexican Megalopolis / KRIEGER, PETER

Aesthetics and Political Iconography of Money / GOTTFRIED, GABRIEL

Notes on Contributors

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613399434

9781283399432

1283399431

9783110237863

3110237865

OCLC:

743693620