Pictorial Appearing

Image Theory After Representation
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-8376-4135-6
Verlag: transcript

Buch, Englisch, Band 126, 216 Seiten, Kartoniert, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 348 g

Reihe: Image

The proliferation of digital technology has changed our visual perception and the way we interpret terms such as 'representation', 'immersion', and 'virtuality'.

Kresimir Purgar examines some of the topics fundamental to an understanding of the contemporary culture of images. The principal thesis of this volume is that we are witnessing the transitional period of images as not-representation-anymore and not-yet-immersion. Instead of just asking what images mean, we should ask ourselves what images are, how they appear, and what they do to us.

The author proposes the comprehensive concept of "pictorial appearing" that takes into account phenomenological, semiotic, and art-historical perspectives on both old and new images.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Purgar, Kresimir

Purgar, Krešimir

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Über Autor(innen)

Kresimir Purgar is associate professor of visual studies and image theory at the University of Osijek, Croatia. Most recently he edited W.J.T. Mitchell's 'Image Theory - Living Pictures' (Routledge, 2017).