An Anthropology of Images by Hans Belting
Proposes an anthropological theory for interpreting human picture making. Refusing to reduce images to their material embodiment yet acknowledging the importance of the historical media in which images are manifested, this book presents a challenging and provocative account of what pictures are and how they function.
"Belting is one of the most brilliant and most prolific art historians"--Choice "[A] fascinating if not revolutionary look at the way we interact with other 'embodied' images such as sculptures, photographs, films, paintings and more... Brilliant."--William Yeoman, West Australian "An Anthropology of Images is a wonderful insightful account of a new anthropological theory for interpreting human picture-making."--Joanna Rak, Anthropological Notebooks
Hans Belting has held chairs in art history at the universities of Heidelberg and Munich and has been a visiting professor at Harvard, Columbia, and Northwestern. He also cofounded and taught at the School for New Media in Karlsruhe, Germany. His many books include Likeness and Presence, The End of the History of Art?, The Invisible Masterpiece, Art History after Modernism, and Looking through Duchamp's Door.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691160962 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691160961 |
| Title | An Anthropology of Images |
| Author | Hans Belting |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 2014-07-21 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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