{"product_id":"a-history-of-visual-culture-jane-kromm-9781845204921","title":"A History of Visual Culture: Western Civilization from the 18th to the 21st Century","description":"\u003ci\u003eA History of Visual Culture\u003c\/i\u003e is a history of ideas. The recent explosion of interest in visual culture suggests the phenomenon is very recent. But visual culture has a history. Knowledge began to be systematically grounded in observation and display from the Enlightenment. Since then, from the age of industrialisation and colonialism to today's globalised world, visual culture has continued to shape our ways of thinking and of interpreting the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarefully structured to cover a wide history and geography, \u003ci\u003eA History of Visual Culture \u003c\/i\u003eis divided into themed sections - Revolt and Revolution; Science and Empiricism; Gaze and Spectacle; Acquisition, Display, and Desire; Conquest, Colonialism, and Globalization; Image and Reality; Media and Visual Technologies. Each section presents a carefully selected range of case studies from across the last 250 years, designed to illustrate how all kinds of visual media have shaped our technology, aesthetics, politics and culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Kromm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1845204921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781845204921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 7.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 240","brand":"Jane Kromm","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48153851691263,"sku":"9781845204921","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4a1d28fb-8593-4da8-801e-ac1c614ce8a8.jpg?v=1770786261","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-history-of-visual-culture-jane-kromm-9781845204921","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}