The role of the visual and human perception is increasingly being seen as central to an understanding of the contemporary human condition. This text brings together the writings of experts in art history, philosophy, sociology and cultural studies. Ranging from an analysis of the role of vision in current critical discourse to discussion of specific examples taken from the visual arts, ethics and sociology, this collection presents material on the interpretation of the visual in modern culture. Topics covered include: the hermeneutics of seeing; the visual rhetoric of modernity; the drawings...
The role of the visual and human perception is increasingly being seen as central to an understanding of the contemporary human condition. This text b...
Interpreting Visual Culture brings together original writings from leading experts in art history, philosophy, sociology and cultural studies. Ranging from an analysis of the role of vision in current critical discourse to discussion of specific examples taken from the visual arts, ethics and sociology, it presents the latest material on the interpretation of the visual in modern culture. Among topics covered are: * the visual rhetoric of modernity * the drawings of Bonnard * recent feminist art * practices and perception in arts and ethics.
Interpreting Visual Culture brings together original writings from leading experts in art history, philosophy, sociology and cultural studies...
