Understanding methods of visual culture

Author: (English) Barnard
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Publish Date: 2005-11-24
Features: How do we understand art and design? What is the best way to understand visual culture? What are we doing when we watch a movie, interpret a painting, or read a comic strip? Are we always in control of our understanding process? Methods of Understanding Visual Culture introduces the main methods used to understand art and design, such as the methods of style and form, expressionism, Marxism, feminism, iconology, and semiotics. The author selects a rich variety of examples from Western and Eastern visual culture (including film, advertising, architecture, painting, fashion, motor vehicles, print, interior, and furniture design) to introduce the main proponents and supporters of these methods, and analyzes and explains the most important perspectives, debates, and achievements related to these methods.