1st Edition
The Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture Reader
432 Pages
by
Routledge
432 Pages
by
Routledge
This Reader brings together, for the first time, key writings about the nineteenth century, a key period in contemporary discussion of visual culture.
Exploring such topics as photographs, exhibitions and advertising the editors suggest that 'modernity' rather than 'modernism' is a valuable way of understanding the changes particular to the visual culture of the time, and they... Read more
1. Visual Culture and Disciplinary Practices 2. Genealogies 3. Technology and Vision 4. Practices of Display and the Circulation of Images 5. Cities and the Built Environment 6. Inside and Out: Seeing the Personal and the Political
Biography
Vanessa R. Schwartz, Jeannene M. Przyblyski
"An indispensable collection." --afterimage
"The Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture Reader mounts a powerful challenge to the field's critics..." --CAAreviews
