World of the Image

Name: World of the Image
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ISBN: 9780321388827

ISBN-10: 0321388828

ISBN-13: 9780321388827

Edition: 2007

Authors: Trudy Smoke, Alan Robbins

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Everywhere we look in todayrsquo;s world, images are pervasive; we are immersed in a world of imagesand we are relying more and more on images to understand ourselves and our world.nbsp; This brief, focused reader explores our reliance on images and the tools of analysis and description that we have to understand what we see. nbsp; Explores our reliance on images and the tools of analysis and description that we have to understand what we see. nbsp; Notions of beauty, health, body decoration, and identity. Impact of images on us as citizens and consumers. How images can change our behavior. Distinction between images and reality. nbsp; General interest

Book details

List price: $33.32
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/7/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.506



Preface



The Act of Seeing


Seeing and Awareness



The Vision Thing: Mainly in the Brain



When Babies Become Aware of Themselves



Seeing



How to Look at Nothing




Mirroring Ourselves


Equation for Beauty Emerges in Studies



Never Just Pictures



The Body Jigsaw: Borrowing Body Decoration from Other Cultures



Visual History and African-American Families of the Nineteenth Century



New Jersey Trying A New Way For Witnesses to Pick Suspects




The Visual Surround


The Perfect Icon for an Imperfect Postliterate World



Eden by Wire: Webcameras and the Telepresent Landscape



Media Images and Violence



Speaking Brand




Images and Their Uses


Behold the Stone Age



Silent Music and Invisible Art



Dreams on the Couch



The Inner Savant



In the River of Consciousness




Pictures that Prod


Once Again, Patriotic Themes Ring True as Art



Dire Image: The Art of Persuasion



Cartoon Wars



Reality's Flight



What Is Art?




The Image as Reality


The Digital Media Landscape



Living with the Fake and Learning to Like It



Colorizing the Cosmos



Pygmalion's Power



The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction



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