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`Visual Culture offers readers incredible riches. It contains a number of important articles on theoretical matters involving the analysis and interpretation of images and their culture, social and political dimensions. As such, it is a major contribution to our understanding of visual culture' - Journal of Communication
"This collection of classic essays in the study of visual culture fills a major gap in this new and expanding intellectual field. Its major strength is its insistence on the importance of three central aspects of the study of visual culture: the sign, the institution and the viewing subject. It will provide readers, teachers and students with essential text in visual and cultural studies."
(Janet Wolff ) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.Review
`Visual Culture offers readers incredible riches. It contains a number of important articles on theoretical matters involving the analysis and interpretation of images and their culture, social and political dimensions. As such, it is a major contribution to our understanding of visual culture' - Journal of Communication
"This collection of classic essays in the study of visual culture fills a major gap in this new and expanding intellectual field. Its major strength is its insistence on the importance of three central aspects of the study of visual culture: the sign, the institution and the viewing subject. It will provide readers, teachers and students with essential text in visual and cultural studies."
(Janet Wolff )
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Format:Paperback
If you want an academic basis to compliment your enjoyment of art, photography, cinema or visual culture then this is no bad place to start.
It seeds dozens of ideas and concepts and gives more than enough information to allow you to explore further areas that take your interest.
To sit down and read it you would need to be pretty dedicated, however as a reference for those with a passing interest or as some thing to dip into and read bits that interest you, its a solid purchase. There are extensive quoted passages and as a result the language is often that complex, over textured and, dare I say it dry stuff of arts accademia. But if you need an introduction to this "arts speak" and the often self referential manner in which photography is discussed as a "social medium" then this book makes a fair attempt at providing a key to the conversations.
It seeds dozens of ideas and concepts and gives more than enough information to allow you to explore further areas that take your interest.
To sit down and read it you would need to be pretty dedicated, however as a reference for those with a passing interest or as some thing to dip into and read bits that interest you, its a solid purchase. There are extensive quoted passages and as a result the language is often that complex, over textured and, dare I say it dry stuff of arts accademia. But if you need an introduction to this "arts speak" and the often self referential manner in which photography is discussed as a "social medium" then this book makes a fair attempt at providing a key to the conversations.
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I bought the book as recommended on the reading list for my course BA(Hons) Fine Art. I have used this book more than any other during the course and it has been the primary source for critical studies and my dissertation on photographic theory. It's very heavy reading as the language used was unfamiliar to me. However with determination and a dictionary it has definitely helped me extend my understanding and practice. Highly recommended as essential reading for any student whose medium is photography or film.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
great selection of essays dealing with visual culture
20 Sep 2000
Format:Paperback
this selection of essays offer a wide understanding of all the arenas in which visual analysis can take place. it has an introduction about what is visual culture and essays from academics such as j. clifford, m. de certeau, g. pollock, etc. it is a review on the history of visuality and the implications of visual culture in the arenas of the representation of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, etc. You wont regret buying this book if you are interested in the study of visual culture.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Nie compendium
12 Jan 2009
Format:Paperback
This is a nice compendium of selected texts by some of the most well known thinkers and researchers of visual culture in the field, Walter Benjamin, Roland Barthes are some of the names. It brings selections of the different author's work in the field. It is organized chronologically.
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