Images
Subtitle: critical and primary sources
By: edited by Sunil Manghani
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780857850850; 9780857850867; 9780857850874; 9780857850843
Subjects: Arts; Art and philosophy; Art and history; Art and literature; Art and science; Art and anthropology; Critical theory; Culture; Study and teaching
Description: This is a major multi-volume work of reference that brings together seminal writings on the image. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the essays range across the domains of philosophy, history, art, aesthetics, literature, science, anthropology, critical theory and cultural studies. The essays reveal a wide set of perspectives, problematics and approaches, helping to frame a rich, encompassing view of what we can broadly term 'image studies'. The four volumes are arranged thematically, each separately introduced and with the essays structured into specific sections for easy reference.

This title is a work of reference that brings together seminal writings on the image. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the essays range across the domains of philosophy, history, art, aesthetics, literature, science, anthropology, critical theory and cultural studies. The essays reveal a wide set of perspectives, problematics and approaches, helping to frame a rich, encompassing view of what we can broadly term 'image studies'. The four volumes are arranged thematically, each separately introduced and with the essays structured into specific sections for easy reference.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Understanding images; title: v. 2. The pictorial turn; title: v. 3. Image theory; title: v. 4. Image cultures.