Visuality and Virtuality: Images and Pictures from Prehistory to Perspective
Hardback
Main Details
| Title |
Visuality and Virtuality: Images and Pictures from Prehistory to Perspective
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Whitney Davis
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:368 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 178 |
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| Category/Genre | Theory of art
Art History |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691171944
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| Classifications | Dewey:701.18 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
14 November 2017 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
A provocative and challenging new conceptual framework for the study of images This book builds on the groundbreaking theoretical framework established in Whitney Davis's acclaimed previous book, A General Theory of Visual Culture, in which he shows how certain culturally constituted aspects of artifacts and pictures are visible to informed viewer
Author Biography
Whitney Davis is the George C. and Helen N. Pardee Professor of History and Theory of Ancient and Modern Art at the University of California, Berkeley. His many books include A General Theory of Visual Culture (Princeton) and Queer Beauty: Sexuality and Aesthetics from Winckelmann to Freud and Beyond.
Reviews"One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018"
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