Visual Literacy

by James Elkins

What does it mean to be visually literate? Does it mean different things in the arts and the sciences? In the developed West or in developing nations? This groundbreaking collection explores what impact the new concept of "visual literacy" has on art hist

Genres: Art

Kindle Edition

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.