Description: W.J.T. Mitchell's Image Theory by Krešimir Purgar This book will help both students and seasoned scholars to understand key terms in visual studies – pictorial turn, metapictures, literary iconology, image/text, biopictures or living pictures, among many others – while systematically presenting the work of W.J.T.Mitchell as one of the disciplines founders and most prominent figures. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description W.J.T. Mitchell – one of the founders of visual studies – has been at the forefront of many disciplines such as iconology, art history and media studies. His concept of the pictorial turn is known worldwide for having set new philosophical paradigms in dealing with our vernacular visual world. This book will help both students and seasoned scholars to understand key terms in visual studies – pictorial turn, metapictures, literary iconology, image/text, biopictures or living pictures, among many others – while systematically presenting the work of Mitchell as one of the disciplines founders and most prominent figures. As a special feature, the book includes three comprehensive, authoritative and theoretically relevant interviews with Mitchell that focus on different stages of development of visual studies and critical iconology. Author Biography Krešimir Purgar is Assistant Professor of Visual Studies at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. Among his recent titles is the co-edited volume Theorizing Images (2016), as well as the articles "Coming to Terms with Images: Visual Studies and Beyond" (2016) and "What is not an Image (Anymore)? Iconic Difference, Immersion, and Iconic Simultaneity in the Age of Screens" (2015). Table of Contents Introduction Krešimir PurgarPart 1: Towards a Critical Iconology 1. The Changing Patterns of Iconology: Seven Questions to Mitchell from the 20th CenturyTimothy Erwin2. What is an Image? W.J.T. Mitchells Picturing TheoryFrancesco Gori3. Post-Structuralist Iconology: Genealogical and Historical Concerns of Mitchells Image ScienceGyörgy E. Sznyi4. Iconology as Cultural Symptomatology: Dinosaurs, Clones and the Golden Calf in Mitchells Image TheoryKrešimir Purgar5. Words and Pictures in the Age of the Image: An Interview with W.J.T. MitchellAndrew McNamara Part II: (Post)Disciplinary Context6. From Image/Text to Biopictures: Key Concepts in W.J.T. Mitchells Image TheoryMichele Cometa7. The Birth of the Discipline: W.J.T. Mitchell and the Chicago School of Visual Studies Ian Verstegen8. What Discipline? On Mitchells "Interdisciplinarity" and German MedienwissenschaftJens Schröter9. Mitchell and Boehm – A Dialogue: Image Science in the European ContextLuca Vargiu10. Images and their Incarnations: An Interview with W.J.T. MitchellAsbjØrn GrØnstad, Øyvind VågnesPart III: Interpretive Readings11. What Do Photographs Want? Mitchells Theory of Photography from the Camera Obscura to the Networked Lens Thomas Stubblefield12. The Eyes Have Ears: Sound in W.J.T. Mitchells Pictures from Paragone to Occupy Wall StreetHannah Higgins13. Living Pictures of Democracy: W.J.T. Mitchells Iconology as Political PhilosophyMaxime Boidy14. Showing Showing: Reading Mitchells "Queer" MetapicturesJohn Paul Ricco15. After the Pictorial Turn: An Interview with W.J.T. MitchellKrešimir PurgarKrešimir Purgar Details ISBN1138185566 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Series Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies ISBN-10 1138185566 ISBN-13 9781138185562 Format Hardcover Imprint Routledge Subtitle Living Pictures Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Year 2016 Short Title WJT MITCHELLS IMAGE THEORY Language English Media Book DEWEY 701 Illustrations 2 Line drawings, black and white; 12 Halftones, black and white; 14 Illustrations, black and white Publication Date 2016-12-12 AU Release Date 2016-12-12 NZ Release Date 2016-12-12 UK Release Date 2016-12-12 Pages 310 Author Krešimir Purgar Alternative 9780367876562 Edited by Krešimir Purgar Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160013107;
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