In this book, The 'visual' character of contemporary culture is explored in original and penetrating essays. The contributors look at advertising, film, painting, and fine art, journalism, photography, television and propaganda. They argue that there is only a social, not a formal, relation between vision and truth.
In this book, The 'visual' character of contemporary culture is explored in original and penetrating essays. The contributors look at advertising, film, painting, and fine art, journalism, photography, television and propaganda. They argue that there is only a social, not a formal, relation between vision and truth.
List of figures List of contributors Acknowledgements 1 THE CENTRALITY OF THE EYE IN WESTERN CULTURE: AN INTRODUCTION 2 ADVERTISING: THE RHETORICAL IMPERATIVE 3 REPORTING AND VISUALISING 4 FRACTURED SUBJECTIVITY 5 THE CITY THE CINEMA: MODERN SPACES 6 FABULOUS CONFUSION! POP BEFORE POP? 7 AN ART OF SCHOLARS: CORRUPTION NEGATION AND PARTICULARITY IN PAINTINGS BY RYMAN AND RICHTER 8 WATCHING YOUR STEP: THE HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF THE FLANEUR 9 REICH DREAMS: RITUAL HORROR AND ARMOURED BODIES 10 TELEVISION: NOT SO MUCH A VISUAL MEDIUM MORE A VISIBLE OBJECT 11 FOUCAULT'S OPTICS: THE (IN) VISION OF MORTALITY AND MODERNITY 12 MANAGING 'TRADITION': THE PLIGHT OF AESTHETIC PRACTICES AND THEIR ANALYSIS IN A TECHNO SCIENTIFIC CULTURE 13 PHOTOGRAPHY AND MODERN VISION: THE SPECTACLE OF 'NATURAL MAGIC' 14 THREE IMAGES OF THE VISUAL: EMPIRICAL FORMAL AND NORMATIVE Index
List of figures List of contributors Acknowledgements 1 THE CENTRALITY OF THE EYE IN WESTERN CULTURE: AN INTRODUCTION 2 ADVERTISING: THE RHETORICAL IMPERATIVE 3 REPORTING AND VISUALISING 4 FRACTURED SUBJECTIVITY 5 THE CITY THE CINEMA: MODERN SPACES 6 FABULOUS CONFUSION! POP BEFORE POP? 7 AN ART OF SCHOLARS: CORRUPTION NEGATION AND PARTICULARITY IN PAINTINGS BY RYMAN AND RICHTER 8 WATCHING YOUR STEP: THE HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF THE FLANEUR 9 REICH DREAMS: RITUAL HORROR AND ARMOURED BODIES 10 TELEVISION: NOT SO MUCH A VISUAL MEDIUM MORE A VISIBLE OBJECT 11 FOUCAULT'S OPTICS: THE (IN) VISION OF MORTALITY AND MODERNITY 12 MANAGING 'TRADITION': THE PLIGHT OF AESTHETIC PRACTICES AND THEIR ANALYSIS IN A TECHNO SCIENTIFIC CULTURE 13 PHOTOGRAPHY AND MODERN VISION: THE SPECTACLE OF 'NATURAL MAGIC' 14 THREE IMAGES OF THE VISUAL: EMPIRICAL FORMAL AND NORMATIVE Index
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