{"product_id":"visual-culture-hardback-9781509518777","title":"Visual Culture (Hardback) 9781509518777","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVisual Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Howells (Author), Joaquim Negreiros (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509518777, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 December 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 3.4 cm, 1.049 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Updated, authoritative, and ranging from traditional to the newest media, \u003ci\u003eVisual Culture\u003c\/i\u003e remains the premier, portal-opening text.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn R. Stilgoe, Harvard University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Summoning Vasari, Arnold, Baxandall, Berger and a dozen other masters of visual culture, the authors equip the text with idioms, definitions and a code of manners with which to appraise, to judge, to put in order and to relish the vast range of what we all see.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFred Inglis, University of Warwick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book about how to read visual images: from fine art to photography, film, television and new media. It explores how meaning is communicated by the wide variety of texts that inhabit our increasingly visual world. But, rather than simply providing set meanings to individual images, \u003ci\u003eVisual Culture\u003c\/i\u003e teaches readers how to interpret visual texts with their own eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile the first part of the book takes readers through differing theoretical approaches to visual analysis, the second part shifts to a medium-based analysis, connected by an underlying theme about the complex relationship between visual culture and reality. Howells and Negreiros draw together seemingly diverse methodologies, while ultimately arguing for a polysemic approach to visual analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe third edition of this popular book contains over fifty illustrations, for the first time in colour. Included in the revised text is a new section on images of power, fear and seduction, a new segment on video games, as well as fresh material on taste and judgement. This timely edition also offers a glossary and suggestions for further reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten in a clear, lively and engaging style, \u003ci\u003eVisual Culture\u003c\/i\u003e continues to be an ideal introduction for students taking courses in visual culture and communications in a range of disciplines, including media and cultural studies, sociology, and art and design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Third Edition\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: Theory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Iconology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Form\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Art History\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Ideology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Semiotics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Hermeneutics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: Media\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Fine Art\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Photography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Film\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Television\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 New Media\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Art treatments \u0026amp; subjects [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Art treatments \u0026amp; subjects\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Art%20treatments%20\u0026amp;%20subjects%20%5BAG%5D%22\"\u003eAG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441786581272,"sku":"9781509518777","price":57.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509518777.jpg?v=1785025046","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/visual-culture-hardback-9781509518777","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}