Exploring visual culture: definitions, concepts, contexts / edited by Matthew Rampley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rampley, Matthew, Author.

Contributor:

Rampley, Matthew, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Visual communication.

Art.

Design.

Film.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2007.

Summary:

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. The book is organized around three broad themes, exploring key ideas and debates that have occurred during the last 20 or so years: the meanings of the term 'visual culture' and of the various practices that form its basis conceptual approaches to the contemporary analysis of visual culture the cultural, social and historical contexts informing its production, distribution and consumption. Drawing on a wide range of examples from the last 100 years, the book adopts a cross-disciplinary perspective; it also explores, however, the limits of visual culture as an interdisciplinary field of study, engaging in current debates about the uses and value of the study of visual culture. It will therefore be of value both for readers new to the subject and also for those seeking fresh interventions into contemporary discussions within the field. Key Features Accessibly written by a team of experts in the field Illustrated throughout Includes chapters on a wide range of visual forms, including architecture and urban design, film, crafts, fashion, design, fine art and the media.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Figures

Contributors

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

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781474471879

1474471870