Visual Culture (Howells Richard)(Paperback)

Visual Culture (Howells Richard)(Paperback)

This is a book about how to read visual images: from fine art to photography, film, television, and new media. It explores how meaning is communicated by the wide variety of texts that inhabit our increasingly visual world. But rather than simply providing set meanings to individual images, Visual

Tantric Visual Culture: A Cognitive Approach (Timalsina Sthaneshwar)(Paperback)

Indian culture relies greatly on visual expression, and this book uses both classical Indian and contemporary Western philosophies and current studies on cognitive sciences, and applies them to contextualize Tantric visual culture.The work selects aspects of Tantric language and the practice of

The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader (Jones Amelia)(Paperback)

Feminism is one of the most important perspectives from which visual culture has been theorized and historicized over the past forty years. Challenging the notion of feminism as a unified discourse, this second edition of The Feminism and Visual Culture Reader assembles a wide array of writings

The Culture of the New Capitalism (Sennett Richard)(Paperback)

The Design of Race: How Visual Culture Shapes America (Fine Peter Claver)(Paperback)

Visual Culture (Boylan Alexis L.)(Paperback)

How to think about what it means to look and see: a guide for navigating the complexities of visual culture.The visual surrounds us, some of it invited, most of it not. In this visual environment, everything we see--color, the moon, a skyscraper, a stop sign, a political poster, rising sea levels,

Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture (Sturken Marita)(Paperback)

Practices of Looking, Third Edition, bridges visual, communication, media, and cultural studies to investigate how images and the activity of looking carry meaning within and between different arenas in everyday life. The third edition has been updated to represent the contemporary visual cultural

Screen Culture: A Global History (Butsch Richard)(Paperback)

In this expansive historical synthesis, Richard Butsch integrates social, economic, and political history to offer a comprehensive and cohesive examination of screen media and screen culture globally - from film and television to computers and smart phones - as they have evolved through the

Instagram: Visual Social Media Cultures (Leaver Tama)(Paperback)

Instagram is at the heart of global digital culture, having made selfies, filters and square frames an inescapable part of everyday life since it was launched in 2010.In the first book-length examination of Instagram, Tama Leaver, Tim Highfield and Crystal Abidin trace how this quintessential

Graphesis: Visual Forms of Knowledge Production (Drucker Johanna)(Paperback)

In our current screen-saturated culture, we take in more information through visual means than at any point in history. The computers and smart phones that constantly flood us with images do more than simply convey information. They structure our relationship to information through graphical

When Cultures Collide: Leading Across Cultures (Lewis Richard D.)(Paperback)

'An invaluable tool to help in planning practical strategies to work successfully across increasingly diverse business cultures. Riveting and thoroughly researched.' - Daily Telegraph A major new edition of the classic work that revolutionized the way business is conducted across cultures and

Visual Theology: Seeing and Understanding the Truth about God (Challies Tim)(Paperback)

We live in a visual culture. Today, people increasingly rely upon visuals to help them understand new and difficult concepts. The rise and stunning popularity of the Internet infographic has given us a new way in which to convey data, concepts and ideas.But the visual portrayal of truth is not a

Dewin y Gaeaf (Howells Graham)(Paperback / softback)

A Visual Theology Guide to the Bible: Seeing and Knowing God's Word (Challies Tim)(Paperback)

We live in a visual culture. Today, people increasingly rely upon visuals to help them understand new and difficult concepts. The rise and stunning popularity of the Internet infographic has given us a new way in which to convey data, concepts, and ideas.But the visual portrayal of truth is not a

Visual Coexistence: Informationdesign and Typography in the Intercultural Field (Baur Ruedi)(Paperback)

In a globalized world, Asian, Latin and Arabic characters and visual cultures appear side by side and woven together. The coexistence of different visual cultures is now part of our daily lives and a given feature of our communication systems. But how do we best present information, structures and

Christ and Culture (Niebuhr H. Richard)(Paperback)

The groundbreaking classic Christ and Culture still hits home the same way it did over fifty years ago, when author H. Richard Niebuhr first confronted the challenge of being true to Christ in a materialistic age. Informative and thought-provoking, Christ and Culture speaks to the battle for the

Luxury and Visual Culture (Armitage John)(Paperback)

From couture fashion to opulent perfumes and decadent food, the luxury goods and services industry has grown at an unprecedented rate even in the context of a global recession. But in contemporary digital culture does luxury still reside in material things, or rather the look of things? In this

Conversations on Conflict Photography (Walsh Lauren)(Paperback)

In today's image-saturated culture, the visual documentation of suffering around the world is more prevalent than ever. Yet instead of always deepening the knowledge or compassion of viewers, conflict photography can result in fatigue or even inspire apathy. Given this tension between the genre's

Rees Howells: Intercessor (Grubb Norman)(Paperback)

How did the faith and prayers of a humble coal miner affect the course of World War II? Rees Howells' updated biography by Norman Grubb tells the story of one man who progressed in faith until his prayers even altered world events. Written with humanity and humor, this book uncovers the rich truths

Richard Scarry's Best Picture Dictionary Ever (Scarry Richard)(Pevná vazba)

A visual and fun-filled dictionary from the one and only, Richard Scarry Richard Scarry brings his classic style and beloved characters to this adventurous picture dictionary--now celebrating its 50th anniversary With over 2,500 words and featuring over 1,000 pictures, young readers are in for

Visual Culture: An Introduction (Walker John)(Paperback)

It is the only guide to the subject written specifically for undergraduates. The authors draw upon many years of teaching experience in this field. The coverage is systematic, and the writing

Screening the Body: Tracing Medicine's Visual Culture (Cartwright Lisa)(Paperback)

Moving images are used as diagnostic tools and locational devices in hospitals, clinics and laboratories. But how and when did such use become established/accepted sources of knowledge about the body in medical culture? This book traces the history of scientific film since the late 19th

The Book of Skulls (Dowling Faye)(Paperback)

The skull is one of the most recognizable symbols of today's contemporary visual culture. Since its 1970 s renaissance in the iconic album designs of bands such as the Grateful Dead, the skull has found its way into the visual vocabulary of urban life, adorning T-Shirts, badges and rock memorabilia

Museums and the Interpretation of Visual Culture (Hooper-Greenhill Eilean)(Paperback)

This is a multi-disciplinary study that adopts an innovative and original approach to a highly topical question, that of meaning-making in museums, focusing its attention on pedagogy and visual culture. This work explores such questions as: How and why is it that museums select and arrange