An introduction to visual culture /

Mirzoeff, Nicholas, 1962-

An introduction to visual culture / Nicholas Mirzoeff. - London : Routledge, 1999. - xi, 274 p. : ill., map. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

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.

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Art and society.
Visual communication.
Visual perception.
Mass media.
Communication and culture.
Postmodernism.
Arte y sociedad.
Comunicacion visual.

N 72 / M677i 1999

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