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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.