Anthropology of Images Picture, Medium, Body

Name: Anthropology of Images Picture, Medium, Body
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ISBN: 9780691160962

ISBN-10: 0691160961

ISBN-13: 9780691160962

Edition: 2011

Authors: Hans Belting, Thomas Dunlap, Thomas Dunlap

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In this groundbreaking book, renowned art historian Hans Belting proposes a new anthropological theory for interpreting human picture making. Rather than focus exclusively on pictures as they are embodied in various media such as painting, sculpture, or photography, he links pictures to our mental images and therefore our bodies. The body is understood as a "living medium" that produces, perceives, or remembers images that are different from the images we encounter through handmade or technical pictures. Refusing to reduce images to their material embodiment yet acknowledging the importance of the historical media in which images are manifested, An Anthropology of Images presents a…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 5/2/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English