Beyond the Mirror : Seeing in Art History and Visual Culture Studies
Falkenhausen, Susanne von
Beyond the Mirror : Seeing in Art History and Visual Culture Studies - Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2020 - 1 electronic resource (250 p.)
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Since the late 1980s visibility has become a currency of social recognition, and a political issue. It also brought forth a new discipline, visual culture studies, and a hotly contested debate unfolded between art history and visual culture studies over the interpretation of visual culture, whose impact can still be felt today. In this first comparative study Susanne von Falkenhausen reveals the concepts of seeing as scholarly act that underwrite these competing approaches to visuality and society, along with the agendas of identity politics that motivate them. In close readings of key texts spanning from the early 20th century to the present the author crosses expertly between American, German, and British versions of art history, cultural studies, aesthetics, and film studies.
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English
History of art / art & design styles
Theory of art
Media studies
Art History Visual Culture Gaze Identity Alterity Art Image Theory of Art Visual Studies Cultural Studies Fine Arts
Beyond the Mirror : Seeing in Art History and Visual Culture Studies - Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2020 - 1 electronic resource (250 p.)
Open Access
Since the late 1980s visibility has become a currency of social recognition, and a political issue. It also brought forth a new discipline, visual culture studies, and a hotly contested debate unfolded between art history and visual culture studies over the interpretation of visual culture, whose impact can still be felt today. In this first comparative study Susanne von Falkenhausen reveals the concepts of seeing as scholarly act that underwrite these competing approaches to visuality and society, along with the agendas of identity politics that motivate them. In close readings of key texts spanning from the early 20th century to the present the author crosses expertly between American, German, and British versions of art history, cultural studies, aesthetics, and film studies.
Creative Commons
English
History of art / art & design styles
Theory of art
Media studies
Art History Visual Culture Gaze Identity Alterity Art Image Theory of Art Visual Studies Cultural Studies Fine Arts