An Anthropology of Images

Picture, Medium, Body

Belting, Hans

Princeton University Press, 2014

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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.

ISBN-13
9780691160962
ISBN-10
0691160961
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2014
Publication date
2014-07-21
Pages
216
Dimensions
235 x 157 x 11
Weight
350