The Visual Culture Reader
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ISBN: 0415141346 / Publisher: Routledge, December 1998
Visual culture is concerned with visual events in which information, meaning or pleasure is sought b...
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Visual culture is concerned with visual events in which information, meaning or pleasure is sought by the consumer in the encounter with visual artefacts, from oil paintings to the internet. The diverse essays collected here constitute a comprehensive exploration of the emerging interdisciplinary field of visual culture, and examine why modern and postmodern culture place such a premium on rendering experience in visual form.
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