Reading the Visual

The subject is emphatically multidisciplinary, encompassing study of how people make sense of what they see day-to-day, as well as how people interact with cultural creations. The two authors, who are based in Australia (their affiliations are not stated in the book), weave together many themes in chapters on reading the visual, technologies, communication, narratives, visual art and culture, normalizing vision, selling the visual, and the media as spectacle. The potential readership is broad, including visual artists and art historians and cultural historians of all stripes. B&w illustrations support the text. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR