The Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture Reader

Exploring such topics as photographs, exhibitions and advertising, this Reader brings together, for the first time, key writings about the nineteenth century, a major period in the contemporary discussion of visual culture.

Zusatztext "An indispensable collection." --afterimage"The Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture Reader mounts a powerful challenge to the field's critics..." --CAAreviews Informationen zum Autor Vanessa R. Schwartz, Jeannene M. Przyblyski Klappentext cities and the built environment! visual representations of the past! visual representations of categories of racial! sexual and social differences! and spatial configurations of inside and out! private and public. Selections include well-known authors and new research by younger scholars to produce a well-balanced and comprehensive collection. Zusammenfassung Exploring such topics as photographs, exhibitions and advertising, this Reader brings together, for the first time, key writings about the nineteenth century, a major period in the contemporary discussion of visual culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

"An indispensable collection." --afterimage "The Nineteenth-Century Visual Culture Reader mounts a powerful challenge to the field's critics..." --CAAreviews

Autorentext
Vanessa R. Schwartz, Jeannene M. Przyblyski

Klappentext

cities and the built environment, visual representations of the past, visual representations of categories of racial, sexual and social differences, and spatial configurations of inside and out, private and public. Selections include well-known authors and new research by younger scholars to produce a well-balanced and comprehensive collection.

Zusammenfassung
Exploring such topics as photographs, exhibitions and advertising, this Reader brings together, for the first time, key writings about the nineteenth century, a major period in the contemporary discussion of visual culture.

Inhalt

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