The Visual Culture Reader

by Nicholas Mirzoeff (Editor)

Visual culture is concerned with visual events in which information, meaning or pleasure is sought by the consumer in the encounter with visual artefacts, from oil paintings to the internet. The diverse essays collected here constitute a comprehensive exploration of the emerging interdisciplinary field of visual culture, and examine why modern and postmodern culture place such a premium on rendering experience in visual form.

Genres: Philosophy, Art

560 pages, Paperback

First published December 22, 1998