Images And Power

Author : Judith Kapferer
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780857455147

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Real places and events are constructed and used to symbolize abstract formulations of power and authority in politics, corporate practice, the arts, religion, and community. By analyzing the aesthetics of public space in contexts both mundane and remarkable, the contributors examine the social relationship between public and private activities that impart meaning to groups of people beyond their individual or local circumstances. From a range of perspectives--anthropological, sociological, and socio-cultural--the contributors discuss road-making in Peru, mass housing in Britain, an unsettling traveling exhibition, and an art fair in London; we explore the meaning of walls in Jerusalem, a Zen garden in Japan, and religious themes in Europe and India. Literally and figuratively, these situations influence the ways in which ordinary people interpret their everyday worlds. By deconstructing the taken for- granted definitions of social value (democracy, equality, individualism, fortune), the authors reveal the ideological role of imagery and imagination in a globalized political context.

Author : David Freedberg
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780226259031

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The Power of Images by David Freedberg Pdf

"This learned and heavy volume should be placed on the shelves of every art historical library."—E. H. Gombrich, New York Review of Books "This is an engaged and passionate work by a writer with powerful convictions about art, images, aesthetics, the art establishment, and especially the discipline of art history. It is animated by an extraordinary erudition."—Arthur C. Danto, The Art Bulletin "Freedberg's ethnographic and historical range is simply stunning. . . . The Power of Images is an extraordinary critical achievement, exhilarating in its polemic against aesthetic orthodoxy, endlessly fascinating in its details. . . . This is a powerful, disturbing book."—T. J. Jackson Lears, Wilson Quarterly "Freedberg helps us to see that one cannot do justice to the images of art unless one recognizes in them the entire range of human responses, from the lowly impulses prevailing in popular imagery to their refinement in the great visions of the ages."—Rudolf Arnheim, Times Literary Supplement

Author : Wolfgang Lefèvre,Jürgen Renn,Urs Schoepflin
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783034880992

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The Power of Images in Early Modern Science by Wolfgang Lefèvre,Jürgen Renn,Urs Schoepflin Pdf

The book is dedicated to the role of visual representations in the history of early modern science. It brings together historical case studies from various fields and discusses epistemological questions such as the role of images as mediatory instances between practical and theoretical knowledge, the interaction between images and texts, and the potential of images to synthesize fragments of knowledge to a global picture.

Author : Jens Andermann,William Rowe
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN : 1845452127

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Images of Power by Jens Andermann,William Rowe Pdf

In Latin America, where even today writing has remained a restricted form of expression, the task of generating consent and imposing the emergent nation-state as the exclusive form of the political, was largely conferred to the image. Furthermore, at the moment of its historical demise, the new, 'postmodern' forms of sovereignty appear to rely even more heavily on visual discourses of power. However, a critique of the iconography of the modern state-form has been missing. This volume is the first concerted attempt by cultural, historical and visual scholars to address the political dimension of visual culture in Latin America, in a comparative perspective spanning various regions and historical stages. The case studies are divided into four sections, analysing the formation of a public sphere, the visual politics of avant-garde art, the impact of mass society on political iconography, and the consolidation and crisis of territory as a key icon of the state. Jens Andermann is a Lecturer in Latin American Studies at Birkbeck College, London, and co-editor of the Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies. Among his publications are Mapas de poder: una arqueología literaria del espacio argentino (Rosario, 2000) and articles for major journals in Argentina, Brazil, Europe and the US. William Rowe is Anniversary Professor of Poetics at Birkbeck College, London. His book Memory and Modernity: Popular Culture in Latin America (London, 1991) has been translated into several languages. His most recent works, apart from translations of a wide range of Latin American poetry, are Poets of Contemporary Latin America: History and the Inner Life (Oxford, 2000) and Ensayos vallejianos (Berkeley and Lima, 2006).

Author : David Freedberg
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1991-05-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 0226261468

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The Power of Images by David Freedberg Pdf

"This learned and heavy volume should be placed on the shelves of every art historical library."—E. H. Gombrich, New York Review of Books "This is an engaged and passionate work by a writer with powerful convictions about art, images, aesthetics, the art establishment, and especially the discipline of art history. It is animated by an extraordinary erudition."—Arthur C. Danto, The Art Bulletin "Freedberg's ethnographic and historical range is simply stunning. . . . The Power of Images is an extraordinary critical achievement, exhilarating in its polemic against aesthetic orthodoxy, endlessly fascinating in its details. . . . This is a powerful, disturbing book."—T. J. Jackson Lears, Wilson Quarterly "Freedberg helps us to see that one cannot do justice to the images of art unless one recognizes in them the entire range of human responses, from the lowly impulses prevailing in popular imagery to their refinement in the great visions of the ages."—Rudolf Arnheim, Times Literary Supplement

Author : Paul Zanker
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0472081241

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The Power of Images in the Age of Augustus by Paul Zanker Pdf

Examines the imperial mythology that was reflected by Roman art and architecture during the rule of Augustus Caesar

Author : Brendan Bruce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Advertising, Political
ISBN : UOM:39015025219703

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Images of Power by Brendan Bruce Pdf

What exactly is image making? Who are the image makers? In his analysis of the image making process, Brendan Bruce (one of Margaret Thatcher's former image advisers) unravels the mystery that has surrounded this subject for decades. Tracing image making back to its historical roots, Bruce shows that it is by no means a modern phenomenon: the powerful have been employing image makers since Tudor England. This century has witnessed the development of sophisticated techniques for shaping the public images of the famous (and would-be famous) in politics and business. Bruce explains the debt the contemporary image experts owe to the Hollywood studios who raised hype to an art form, perfected scandal management and used the makeover system to turn truck drivers and waitresses into legends.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004345010

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Plato and the Power of Images by Anonim Pdf

Plato and the Power of Images addresses ways Plato has used images and the ways to understand their status as images, particularly how an image resembles what it represents and how to avoid mistaking that image for what it represents.

Author : Judith Ryan,Kim Akerman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Aboriginal Australians
ISBN : UCSC:32106016944800

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Images of Power by Judith Ryan,Kim Akerman Pdf

Kimberley art: strong in country and law - Kimberley languages - Figurative art of the North-west and Central Kimberley - Paddy Jaminji and the Gurirr Gurirr - The East Kimberley aesthetic - Art of Fitzroy Crossing - Art of Balgo - Kimberley art and material culture - Materials and techniques of the contemporary Kimberley artist.

Author : Oliver Turner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317691266

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American Images of China by Oliver Turner Pdf

The United States and China are arguably the most globally consequential actors of the early twenty first century, and look set to remain so into the foreseeable future. This volume seeks to highlight that American images of China are responsible for constructing certain truths and realities about that country and its people. It also introduces the understanding that these images have always been inextricable from the enactment and justification of US China policies in Washington, and that those policies themselves are active in the production and reproduction of imagery and in the protection of American identity when seemingly threatened by that of China. Demonstrating how past American images of China are vital to understanding the nature and significance of those which circulate today, Turner addresses three key questions: What have been the dominant American images of China and the Chinese across the full lifespan of Sino-US relations? How have historical and contemporary American images of China and the Chinese enabled and justified US China policy? What role does US China policy play in the production and reproduction of American images of China? Exploring and evaluating a wide-ranging variety of sources including films and television programmes, newspaper and magazine articles, the records and journals of politicians and diplomats and governmental documents including speeches and legal declarations this work will be of great interest to students and scholars of US foreign policy, American politics, China studies and international relations.

Author : Allison K. Lange
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226815848

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Picturing Political Power by Allison K. Lange Pdf

"For as long as American women have battled for equitable political representation, those battles have been defined by images--whether drawn, etched, photographed, or filmed. Some of these have been flattering, many of them have been condescending, and some have been scabrous. They have drawn upon prevailing cultural tropes about the perceived nature of women's roles and abilities, and they have circulated both with and without conscious political objectives. Allison K. Lange takes a systematic look at American women's efforts to control the production and dissemination of images of them in the long battle for representation, from the mid-nineteenth-century onward"--

Author : Hildred Geertz
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 082481679X

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Images of Power by Hildred Geertz Pdf

Between 1936 and 1938 Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead collected more than 1,200 paintings and sketches made by Balinese peasants.

Author : Annie Caubet
Publisher : Skira
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8857238857

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Idols by Annie Caubet Pdf

A unique journey through time and space to the origins of the figuration of the human body, from the Neolithic era to the Bronze Age, through works of extraordinary beauty and charm. The dawn of anthropomorphic figurative culture, the founding myths of humanity and the representation of power, whether inseminated by gods or heroes - all these concerns are addressed and embodied in Idols. Edited by by Annie Caubet - she being a great archaeologist herself and Emerita of the Louvre - Idols, from the Greek eidolon, or image, invites the reader to embark on an aesthetic journey across time and space, to discover how artists who lived and worked around 4000-2000 BC created three-dimensional images of the human body, from the first ambiguous images of the Neolithic era, which still to this day have no definitive interpretation, to their evolution during the Bronze Age. The vast geographic area extends from West to East, from the Iberian peninsula to the Indus valley, from the gates of the Atlantic to the confines of the Far East. A tribute to Giancarlo Ligabue, whose multicultural interests are reflected in the exhibition, the journey will reveal a surprising number of common traits, shared by distant people and regions, and compare local variants. A unique journey that climbs mountains, treks through steppes and deserts and braves oceans and seas to reveal networks of connections, a commonality of perception, and contacts between remote lands.

Author : J. David Lewis-Williams,Thomas A. Dowson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Art
ISBN : UVA:X001649707

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Images of Power by J. David Lewis-Williams,Thomas A. Dowson Pdf

Author : Anthony C. Thiselton
Publisher : SPCK
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780281078875

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The Power of Pictures in Christian Thought by Anthony C. Thiselton Pdf

Part One considers key philosophical and aesthetic evaluations of literary images and symbols. The power of pictures is widely appreciated, as in the adage 'a picture is worth a thousand words'. Sometimes Christian discourse can be smothered by endless prose, which demands much inferential reasoning. There is, however, a contrary argument. An isolated visual representation can be misleading if it is improperly interpreted. For example, some mystical visions are interpreted as direct instructions from the Holy Spirit, as happened with the Radical Reformers, who advocated the Peasants’ Revolt. Hence theories of symbol, metaphor, and visual representation must be examined Part Two discusses visual representation in the Old Testament, the teaching of Jesus, pictures and analogies in Paul, and the Book of Revelation. This shows the range of authentic visual representations. In contrast to biblical material, we find throughout Christian history abundant examples of misleading imagery which is often passed off as Christian. A notorious example is found in the visual representation and metaphors used by Gnostic writers. Almost as bad are some visual representations used by the medieval mystics, Radical Reformers, and extreme charismatics – all of which lack valid criteria of interpretation, relying instead on subjective conviction. Similarly, sermons and prayers today can be enriched with pictorial images, but some can be misleading and unhelpful for the life of the Church.