Popular and Visual Culture: Design, Circulation and Consumption is a transnational project that fosters a dialogue with multiple origins, both in geographical a

The author traces the history and theory of visual culture asking how and why visual media have become so central to contemporary everyday life. He explores a w

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

In Visual Culture the 'visual' character of contemporary culture is explored in original and lively essays. The contributors look at advertising, film, painting

This book explores how the comparative analysis of visual cultural artefacts, from objects to architecture and fiction films, can contribute to our understandin