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An introduction to visual culture / Nicholas Mirzoeff.

  • Mirzoeff, Nicholas, 1962-
Date:
1999
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

Visual culture

Publication/Creation

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Physical description

xi, 274 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Contributors

Contents

Introduction: what is visual culture? -- Picture definition: line, color, vision -- The age of photography (1839-1982) -- Virtuality: from virtual antiquity to the pixel zone -- Transculture: from Kongo to the Congo -- Seeing sex -- First contact: from Independence Day to 1492 and Millennium -- Diana's death: gender, photography and the inauguration of global visual culture.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Type/Technique

Languages

  • English

Subjects

Where to find it

  • Copy 1

    LocationStatus
    Student Collection
    /MIR
    		Open shelves

  • Copy 2

    LocationStatus
    Student Collection
    /MIR
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 0415158753
  • 9780415158756
  • 0415158761
  • 9780415158763