Instagrammable: What Art Tells Us about Social Media (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789464941531)

- A digital Renaissance through art historical perspective: provides answers through the lens of 2,500 years of art history

- Features 11 chapters packed with compelling examples from art history

- Encourages readers to reconsider their perceptions of digital imagery

What is the relationship between the Holy Trinity and social media? How do hashtags influence us? Why are we so inclined to use filters? Why do we treat digital images differently than analogue ones? Art history offers a beginning of answers. Instagrammable explores the paradox of looking without seeing and seeing without looking. Koenraad Jonckheere examines trust in and distrust of images, drawing on 2,500 years of thinking about visual art. In eleven chapters, he examines the world of digital images through numerous intriguing examples from art history.