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Visual Culture - Hardcover

Howells, Richard; Negreiros, Joaquim

 
9780745650708: Visual Culture

Synopsis

This book is designed to introduce students to the analysis of all kinds of visual text, whether drawings, paintings, photographs, films, advertisements, television or new media forms. The book is illustrated with examples that range from medieval painting to contemporary advertising images, and is written in a lively and engaging style.

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About the Author

Richard Howells is a cultural sociologist who specialises in visual and popular culture. His work combines theory and practice to explore case studies as seemingly diverse as the myth of the Titanic, the work of the Bloomsbury Group, and the humour of Ali G.

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