Exploring visual culture : definitions, concepts, contexts / edited by Matthew Rampley.
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TextPublication details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2005.Description: xiii, 257 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cmISBN: - 0748618457 (pbk.)
- 9780748618453 (pbk.)
- 700.103 RAM
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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 organised 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.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.
Includes bibliography and index.
Visual culture and the meanings of culture / Matthew Rampley -- Definitions of art and the art world / Neil Mulholland -- Concepts of craft ; Design and modern culture / Juliette MacDonald -- Fashion : style, identity and meaning / Fiona Anderson -- Photography and film / Glyn Davis -- Architecture and visual culture / Richard Williams -- Representation and the idea of realism / Neil Mulholland -- Visual rhetoric ; The rise and fall of the author / Matthew Rampley -- The ideology of the visual / Glyn Davis -- Visual practices in the age of industry / Matthew Rampley -- Technical reproduction and its significance / Ruth Pelzer -- From mass media to cyberculture / Glyn Davis -- Visual culture and its institutions / Fiona Anderson.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Definitions
- 1 Introduction What is Culture? What is Visual Culture?
- 2 Definitions of Art, and the Idea of the Art World
- 3 Craft
- Origins and Present Status of the Concept
- 4 Modern Culture and the Role of Design
- 5 Fashion: Style and Meaning
- 6 Film and Photography
- High Art or Popular Culture?
- 7 Representation and the Idea of Realism
- 8 Style and Visual Rhetoric
- 9 Authorship and the Problem of Creativity
- 10 The Ideology of the Visual
- 11 Art and Design after the Industrial Age
- 12 Folk Culture and Popular Traditions
- 13 Technical Production and Its Significance
- 14 From Mass Media to Cyberculture
- 15 Visual Culture and Its Institutions