Exploring Visual Culture -

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Résumé :
An introduction to the study of visual culture, this book offers a view of 'visual culture' that includes images, and other visual media and forms of expression, from architecture to fashion, design and the human body. The book is organized around three broad themes that explore ideas and debates that have occurred during the last twenty 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.The book adopts a cross-disciplinary perspective drawing on a wide range of examples from the last hundred years. Engaging in current debates about the uses and value of the study of visual culture it explores the limits of visual culture as an interdisciplinary field of study. It is valuable for readers new to the subject and for those seeking fresh perspectives on contemporary discussions within the field.FeaturesAccessibly written by a team of experts in the fieldIllustrated throughoutIncludes chapters on a wide range of visual forms, including architecture and urban design, film, crafts, fashion, design, fine art and the media.

Biographie:
Edited by Matthew Rampley

Sommaire:
Definitions 1. Introduction. What is Culture? What is Visual Culture?, by Matthew Rampley 2. Definitions of Art, and the Idea of the Art World, by Neil Mulholland 3. Craft. Origins and Present Status of the Concept, by Juliette Macdonald 4. Modern Culture and the Role of Design, by Juliette Macdonald 5. Fashion: Style and Meaning, by Fiona Anderson 6. Film and Photography. High Art or Popular Culture?, by Glyn Davis Concepts 7. Representation and the Idea of Realism, by Neil Mulholland 8. Style and Visual Rhetoric, by Matthew Rampley 9. Authorship and the Problem of Creativity, by Matthew Rampley 10. The Ideology of the Visual, by Glyn Davis Contexts 11. Art and Design after the Industrial Age, by Matthew Rampley 12. Folk Culture and Popular Traditions, by Louise Milne 13. Technical Production and Its Significance, by Ruth Pelzer 14. From Mass Media to Cyberculture, by Glyn Davis 15. Visual Culture and Its Institutions, by Fiona Anderson