Interpreting Visual Culture brings together original writings from leading experts in art history, philosophy, sociology and cultural studies. Ranging from an a

Ranging from an analysis of the role of vision in current critical discourse to discussion of examples taken from the visual arts, ethics and sociology, this co

Interpreting Visual Art explores the psychological and cognitive mechanisms that underlie one's interpretation of art. After the brain encodes visual informatio

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 wid

“We can no longer see, much less teach, transhistorical truths, timeless works of art, and unchanging critical criteria without a highly developed sense of ir