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Picture Theory: Essays on Verbal and Visual Representation New edition
W. J. T. Mitchell
Picture Theory: Essays on Verbal and Visual Representation New edition
W. J. T. Mitchell
In this companion volume to "Iconology", the author investigates pictures - the concrete, representational objects in which images appear. Focusing on popular and television coverage of the Gulf War, he examines the capacity of visual images to awaken/stifle public debate, emotion and violence.
462 pages, 79 halftones
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | September 1, 1995 |
ISBN13 | 9780226532325 |
Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 462 |
Dimensions | 150 × 229 × 26 mm · 708 g |
Language | English |
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