Visual culture

"This is a book about how to read visual images: from fine art to photography, film, television, and new media. The third edition of this lively and popular book contains over fifty illustrations, for the first time in colour, as well as new sections and material"--

Main Author: Howells, Richard, 1956-
Other Authors: Negreiros, Joaquim,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA, USA : Polity Press, 2019.
Physical Description: xii, 372 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
Edition: Third edition.
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Summary: "This is a book about how to read visual images: from fine art to photography, film, television, and new media. The third edition of this lively and popular book contains over fifty illustrations, for the first time in colour, as well as new sections and material"--
Item Description: "This is a book about how to read visual images: from fine art to photography, film, television, and new media. The third edition of this lively and popular book contains over fifty illustrations, for the first time in colour, as well as new sections and material"-- Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-357) and index.
Part I. Theory. Iconology ; Form ; Art history ; Ideology ; Semiotics ; Hermeneutics -- Part II. Media. Fine art ; Photography ; Film ; Television ; New media.
Physical Description: xii, 372 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-357) and index.
ISBN: 9781509518777
1509518770
9781509518784
1509518789