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An introduction to visual culture / Nicholas Mirzoeff.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Routledge, 1999.Description: xi, 274p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415158763 (pbk.) :
  • 9780415158756 (hbk.) :
  • 9780415158763
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.04 MIR
LOC classification:
  • N72.S6 .M57 1999
Incomplete contents:
Part one. Visuality -- 1.Picutre definition: line, color, vision -- 2.The age of photography (1839-1982) -- 3.Virtuality: from virtual antiquity to the pixel zone -- Part two. Culture -- 4.Transculture: From Kongo to the Congo -- 5.Seeing sex -- 6.First contact: from Independence Day to 1492 and Millennium.
Includes bibliograpical references.
Summary: This is a wide-ranging and stimulating introduction to the history and theory of visual culture from painting to the television screen. Mirzoeff argues that the visual is replacing the linguistic as our primary means of communicating.
Holdings
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 709.04 MIR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 In transit from Selfcheck to TUS: Midlands, Main Library since 12/12/2019 202543

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part one. Visuality -- 1.Picutre definition: line, color, vision -- 2.The age of photography (1839-1982) -- 3.Virtuality: from virtual antiquity to the pixel zone -- Part two. Culture -- 4.Transculture: From Kongo to the Congo -- 5.Seeing sex -- 6.First contact: from Independence Day to 1492 and Millennium.

Includes bibliograpical references.

This is a wide-ranging and stimulating introduction to the history and theory of visual culture from painting to the television screen. Mirzoeff argues that the visual is replacing the linguistic as our primary means of communicating.

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