Art, Design And Visual Culture
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Overview
Why do we have the visual experiences we have? Why do the buildings, cars, products and advertisements we see look the way they do? How are we to explain the existence of different styles of paintings, different types of cars and different genres of film? How are we to explain the existence of different visual cultures? This book begins to answer these questions by explaining visual experience in terms of visual culture. The strengths and weaknesses of traditional means of analysing and explaining visual culture are examined and assessed. Using a wide range of historical and contemporary examples, it is argued that the groups which artists and designers form, the audiences and markets which they sell to, and the different social classes which are produced and reproduced by art and design, are all part of the successful explanation and critical evaluation of visual culture.Synopsis
This fascinating examination of visual experience offers an explanation and assessment of the traditional means of analyzing visual culture.
Booknews
Bernard (history and theory of art, U. of Derby) proposes a concept of visual culture to explain such questions as why people have the visual experiences they do, why artifacts look as they do, and the existence of different styles of painting and different genres of film. Drawing on historical and contemporary examples, he considers the role of artists and designers, the audiences and markets they sell to, and the different social classes that are produced and reproduced by art and design. The illustrations are in black and white. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Editorials
Booknews
Bernard (history and theory of art, U. of Derby) proposes a concept of visual culture to explain such questions as why people have the visual experiences they do, why artifacts look as they do, and the existence of different styles of painting and different genres of film. Drawing on historical and contemporary examples, he considers the role of artists and designers, the audiences and markets they sell to, and the different social classes that are produced and reproduced by art and design. The illustrations are in black and white. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.From the Publisher
...a good, balanced overview to popular culture or visual culture studies.... Choice