How to See the World
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  • Published: 4 June 2015
  • ISBN: 9780141977416
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320

How to See the World

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4 Jun 2015
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31 Jan 2019
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29 Jul 2015
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A Pelican introduction to the changing world of visual culture

Since the rise of the internet and personal computers, we have seen an exponential increase in the number of visual images around us. From YouTube to Instagram, video games to installation art, this dramatic visual transformation is liberating, confusing and worrying all at once. Nicholas Mirzoeff is a leading figure in the burgeoning field of visual culture, which aims to make sense of the images and artefacts all around us. In the first book to explain this fascinating and timely subject to the general reader, Mirzoeff draws on art history, theory and everyday experience to provide an engaging, approachable introduction to how visual materials shape our lives.
  • Published: 4 June 2015
  • ISBN: 9780141977416
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320
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Praise for How to See the World

A dizzying and delightful book

New Scientist

Deploying a blend of semiotics, sociology, and art history, Mirzoeff shows us how to interpret everything from old masters to selfies, from Rashomon to a map of the Mississippi. Mirzoeff says he owes much of his approach to John Berger, and this is evident in the way he argues how inevitably political visual images are... Mirzoeff draws on theorists such as Benjamin, Foucault, and Deleuze, but thankfully is much clearer and easier to read than any of those writers

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