Visual Literacy: 1st (First) Edition

by James Elkins

What does it mean to be visually literate? Does it mean different things in the arts and the sciences? or in the developed West and in Asia or in developing nations? If we all need to become 'visually literate,' what does that mean in practical terms?

This groundbreaking collection brings together the work of major visual studies critics including W.J.T. Mitchell, Barbara Stafford, Jonathan Crary, and James Elkins to explore what impact the new concept of 'visual literacy' will have on the traditional field of art history.

Genres: Art

Paperback

First published September 14, 2007

About the author

James Elkins (1955 – present) is an art historian and art critic. He is E.C. Chadbourne Chair of art history, theory, and criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He also coordinates the Stone Summer Theory Institute, a short term school on contemporary art history based at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Reviews

[Wiebke Kuhn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not what I expected so I decided not to worry about it

[el ✯ ࣪ ˖ · Rating 3 out of 5]

(2.5) I thought it was linking text to pictures, but it was just how we analyse pictures. I found it quite difficult to read and comprehend.