Images at Work: The Material Culture of Enchantment

ISBN-13: 9780190272111 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 240 str.

David Morgan

Opis

Building on his previous innovative work in visual and religious studies, David Morgan creates a new framework for understanding how the human mind can be entranced, invigorated, and changed by images.

Recenzje

This book will be of interest to academic libraries and scholars in visual studies, art, and art history . . . At its core, this book is really about the power of images. Morgan succeeds at demonstrating how enchantment exists as a fundamental and pervasive part of visual culture and the human experience.

O autorze

David Morgan is Professor of Religious Studies with a secondary appointment in the Department of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies at Duke University. He is the author of numerous books, including The Forge of Vision(2015), The Embodied Eye (2012), and The Sacred Gaze (2005).