Visual Culture: The Reader (Published in association with The Open University)
£39.90£44.60 (-11%)
Visual Culture provides an invaluable resource of over 30 key statements from a wide range of disciplines, including four editorial essays which place the readings in their historical and theoretical context. Although underpinned by a focus on contemporary cultural theory, this Reader puts the study of visual culture and the rhetoric of the image at centre stage.
Divided into three parts: Cultures of the Visual; Regulating Photographic Meaning; and Looking and Subjectivity, the Reader enables students to make hitherto unmade connections between art, film and photography history and theory, history, semiotics and communications, media studies, and cultural theory.
Visual Culture sets the agenda for the study of Visual Culture and will be essential reading for researchers and students alike.
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Additional information
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Ltd, 1st edition (19 May 1999) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 496 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0761962484 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0761962489 |
| Dimensions | 17 x 2.84 x 24.2 cm |
by J. S. Matthews
I bought the book as recommended on the reading list for my course BA(Hons) Fine Art. I have used this book more than any other during the course and it has been the primary source for critical studies and my dissertation on photographic theory. It’s very heavy reading as the language used was unfamiliar to me. However with determination and a dictionary it has definitely helped me extend my understanding and practice. Highly recommended as essential reading for any student whose medium is photography or film.
by sarah hampshire
Excellent read and so useful during my uni studies.
by Ru_Anderson
If you want an academic basis to compliment your enjoyment of art, photography, cinema or visual culture then this is no bad place to start.
It seeds dozens of ideas and concepts and gives more than enough information to allow you to explore further areas that take your interest.
To sit down and read it you would need to be pretty dedicated, however as a reference for those with a passing interest or as some thing to dip into and read bits that interest you, its a solid purchase. There are extensive quoted passages and as a result the language is often that complex, over textured and, dare I say it dry stuff of arts accademia. But if you need an introduction to this “arts speak” and the often self referential manner in which photography is discussed as a “social medium” then this book makes a fair attempt at providing a key to the conversations.
by Mrs Alison O’Reilly
Great selection of essays from prominent theorists, ideal for photography and media students. Saves buying half a dozens books! c