Mirzoeff, Nicholas, 1962-
An introduction to visual culture / Visual culture Nicholas Mirzoeff. - London ; New York : Routledge, 1999. - xi, 274 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Introduction: what is visual culture? -- Picture definition: line, color, vision -- The age of photography (1839-1982) -- Virtuality: from virtual antiquity to the pixel zone -- Transculture: from Kongo to the Congo -- Seeing sex -- First contact: from Independence Day to 1492 and Millennium -- Diana's death: gender, photography and the inauguration of global visual culture.
0415158761 (pbk.)
00697936
Art and society.
Visual communication.
Visual perception.
Mass media.
Communication and culture.
Postmodernism.
N72.S6 / M57 1999
306.47 / MIR 1999
An introduction to visual culture / Visual culture Nicholas Mirzoeff. - London ; New York : Routledge, 1999. - xi, 274 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Introduction: what is visual culture? -- Picture definition: line, color, vision -- The age of photography (1839-1982) -- Virtuality: from virtual antiquity to the pixel zone -- Transculture: from Kongo to the Congo -- Seeing sex -- First contact: from Independence Day to 1492 and Millennium -- Diana's death: gender, photography and the inauguration of global visual culture.
0415158761 (pbk.)
00697936
Art and society.
Visual communication.
Visual perception.
Mass media.
Communication and culture.
Postmodernism.
N72.S6 / M57 1999
306.47 / MIR 1999