Davis, Whitney
A General Theory of Visual Culture
- ISBN 13:
- 9780691178073
- author:
- Davis, Whitney
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 400
- Dimensions:
- 25.4 x 17.81 x 2.08 centimetres
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Art, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
A General Theory of Visual Culture by Whitney Davis explores the relationship between vision and culture. This ambitious book presents a new framework for understanding visual culture, arguing that artifacts and pictures are designed to be seen in a certain way. Davis's theory draws on various fields, including art history, aesthetics, psychology, philosophy, and anthropology, to provide a systematic analysis of visuality. The author examines how visuality comes into being as a historical form of vision, using examples from diverse cultural traditions. By applying this framework to all human traditions of making artifacts and pictures, Davis sheds new light on the nature of visual culture and its relationship to our perception of the world.
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