TY - BOOK AU - Mirzoeff,Nicholas TI - An introduction to visual culture SN - 0415158761 (pbk.) AV - N72.S6 M57 1999 U1 - 306.47 22 PY - 1999/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Art and society KW - Visual communication KW - Visual perception KW - Mass media KW - Communication and culture KW - Postmodernism N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0649/00697936-d.html ER -