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It is the only guide to the subject written specifically for undergraduates.. The authors draw upon many years of teaching experience in this field.. The coverage is systematic, and the writing accessible.
Price: $29.95
Pages: 240
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Publication Date:
30 October 1997
ISBN: 9780719050206
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
Literature: history and criticism, Material culture
John A. Walker is Reader in Art and Design History at Middlesex University. Sarah Chaplin is Lecturer in Architectural and Design Theory at Middlesex University
Preface
Introduction
1. Concepts of Culture
2. The Concept of the Visual
3. Visual Culture as a Field of Studies, and the Origins of Visual Culture Studies
4. Coping with Theory
5. Production, Distribution and Consumption Model
6. Institutions
7. Looks, the Gaze and Surveillance
8. Visual Literacy and Visual Poetics
9. Modes of Analysis
10. The Pleasures of Visual Culture
11. The Canon and Concepts of Value
12. Visual Culture and Commerce
13. New Technologies
Appendix: Modular Schemes
Bibliography
Index