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Visual Worlds

Author : John R Hall,Blake Stimson,Lisa Tamiris Becker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006-02-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781134232789

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Visual Worlds by John R Hall,Blake Stimson,Lisa Tamiris Becker Pdf

As many observers have noted, the world is becoming increasingly visually mediated, with the rise of computers and the internet being central factors in the emergence of new tools and conventions. Exploring the social structure of visuality, this volume contains a collection of essays by internationally renowned artists and scholars from a variety of fields (including art history, literary theory and criticism, cultural studies, film and television studies, intellectual history and sociology). It was conceived to address a bold query: how is our experience and understanding of vision and visual form changing under pressure from the various social, economic and cultural factors that are linked under the term 'globalization'. The essays overlap in their considerations of the tensions between cultures and worlds, political life, everyday social experience, and war. The resulting conversation that develops between the chapters touches on points from many visual worlds, and provides a unique opportunity for considering the changing character of visual experience today. This book will attract readers from a wide range of academic disciplines and will especially be valuable as a textbook for graduate and undergraduate courses in visual culture and cultural studies.

Visual Worlds

Author : James Elkins,Erna Fiorentini
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Art and society
ISBN : 0199390916

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Visual Worlds by James Elkins,Erna Fiorentini Pdf

"A next-generation college textbook that introduces Visual Culture in the arts and sciences"--

The Visual World of Shadows

Author : Roberto Casati,Patrick Cavanagh
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262550840

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The Visual World of Shadows by Roberto Casati,Patrick Cavanagh Pdf

How the perception of shadows, studied by vision scientists and visual artists, reveals the inner workings of the visual system. In The Visual World of Shadows, Roberto Casati and Patrick Cavanagh examine how the perception of shadows, as studied by vision scientists and visual artists, reveals the inner workings of the visual system. Shadows are at once a massive problem for vision—which must distinguish them from objects or material features of objects—and a resource, signaling the presence, location, shape, and size of objects. Casati and Cavanagh draw up an inventory of information retrievable from shadows, showing their amazing variety. They present an overview of the visual system, distinguishing between measurement and inference. They discuss the shadow mission, the work done by the visual brain to parse, and perhaps discard, the information from shadows; shadow ownership, the association of a shadow with the object that casts it; shadow labeling, the visual system's ability to tell shadows from nonshadows; and the shadow concept, our knowledge about shadows as a category. Casati and Cavanagh then apply the theoretical apparatus they have developed for shadows to other phenomena: illumination, reflection, and transparency. Finally, they examine the art of the shadow, paying tribute to artists' exploration of shadow, analyzing a series of artworks (reproduced in color) from a rich and fascinating art historical corpus.

National Geographic Visual History of the World

Author : Klaus Berndl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:49015003142966

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Creating a Visual World: From Concepts to Classrooms

Author : Elena Xeni
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781848883895

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Creating a Visual World: From Concepts to Classrooms by Elena Xeni Pdf

The critical role of visual literacies in the 21st century realm is widely acknowledged and the construction of the profile of the visual literate person as a responsible participant in the face of global challenged is a top listed goal in nowadays agenda.

Visual Representations of the Arctic

Author : Markku Lehtimäki,Arja Rosenholm,Vlad Strukov
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000366334

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Visual Representations of the Arctic by Markku Lehtimäki,Arja Rosenholm,Vlad Strukov Pdf

Privileging the visual as the main method of communication and meaning-making, this book responds critically to the worldwide discussion about the Arctic and the North, addressing the interrelated issues of climate change, ethics and geopolitics. A multi-disciplinary, multi-modal exploration of the Arctic, it supplies an original conceptualization of the Arctic as a visual world encompassing an array of representations, imaginings, and constructions. By examining a broad range of visual forms, media and forms such as art, film, graphic novels, maps, media, and photography, the book advances current debates about visual culture. The book enriches contemporary theories of the visual taking the Arctic as a spatial entity and also as a mode of exploring contemporary and historical visual practices, including imaginary constructions of the North. Original contributions include case studies from all the countries along the Arctic shore, with Russian material occupying a large section due to the country’s impact on the region

The Visual Worlds of Social Network Sites

Author : Ulla Autenrieth,Klaus Neumann-Braun
Publisher : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Computers
ISBN : IND:30000111369280

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The Visual Worlds of Social Network Sites by Ulla Autenrieth,Klaus Neumann-Braun Pdf

The central form of communication on social network sites (sns) is the communication with and through images. Accordingly, the present volume highlights images and image-based communication on sns, such as Facebook, and on nightlife platforms, such as Tilllate. First, the authors analyze the two central image categories in depth - profile images and photo albums. What follows is the portrayal of dramaturgical and staging strategies of the (semi) professional photography on the nightlife platforms, which leads to an evaluation of the importance of the international glamour photography as a parameter of private photographic self-expression. Other questions that the authors ponder in the volume are: Which functions and meanings do images have for the communications between users on social network sites? To what extent could certain design characteristics in the image-based communication on sns establish themselves as prototypical staging patterns? Which staging traditions are followed thereby? Which staging strategies are followed on different online platforms by the users' (self) visualizations?

Visual Cultures as World Forming

Author : Adnan Madani,Jean-Paul Martinon
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783956795374

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Visual Cultures as World Forming by Adnan Madani,Jean-Paul Martinon Pdf

How the world—and the world of visual culture in particular—creates itself in a creative act that knows no economic return. How does the world form itself? How does it create itself as a world? And how do we understand the role of the visual in this regard? Most responses to these questions within cultural theory and visual culture refer to the rise of globalization, thus highlighting the acceleration of exchanges, the proliferation of information and communication devices, and the multiplication of globally circulated goods and images that characterize the world we live in. Visual Cultures as World Forming takes a different approach by focusing on the taking place of the world, a creative act that knows no economic return. This taking place does not lead to more proliferation of goods, additional financial exchanges, further communications, or an increase in the distribution of visual material, but leads to the continued “worlding” of the world. This approach is predominantly, but not exclusively, inspired by the work of Jean-Luc Nancy. Through a reading of his work and of some of his contemporaries both inside and outside of the Western canon, Madani and Martinon attempt to expose how the world—and the world of visual culture in particular—creates itself and the ways in which each one of us is embodying this creation without economy. Copublished with Goldsmiths, University of London

Visual Perception

Author : Vicki Bruce,Mark A. Georgeson,Patrick R. Green
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781136917141

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Visual Perception by Vicki Bruce,Mark A. Georgeson,Patrick R. Green Pdf

This comprehensively updated and expanded revision of the successful second edition continues to provide detailed coverage of the ever-growing range of research topics in vision. In Part I, the treatment of visual physiology has been extensively revised with an updated account of retinal processing, a new section explaining the principles of spatial and temporal filtering which underlie discussions in later chapters, and an up-to-date account of the primate visual pathway. Part II contains four largely new chapters which cover recent psychophysical evidence and computational model of early vision: edge detection, perceptual grouping, depth perception, and motion perception. The models discussed are extensively integrated with physiological evidence. All other chapters in Parts II, III, and IV have also been thoroughly updated.

Big Dogs, Little Dogs

Author : Jim Medway
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Dog breeds
ISBN : 1770858288

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300 dog breeds for dog lovers young and old.

ARTiculating

Author : Pamela B. Childers,Eric Hobson,Joan A. Mullin
Publisher : Boynton/Cook
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Art in education
ISBN : UCSC:32106015911768

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ARTiculating by Pamela B. Childers,Eric Hobson,Joan A. Mullin Pdf

The visual plays a central role in multimediated, computerized culture. The question is: how can we exploit the intersections between the visual and the verbal to improve learning? This text explores ways to capitalize on visually connected pedagogy.

Colours in the Visual World

Author : Harald Arnkil
Publisher : Aalto korkeakoulusäätiö
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789526404042

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Colours in the Visual World by Harald Arnkil Pdf

Colours are all around us and they affect our daily lives, but what exactly are they and what is their function? A closer look at colours raises many questions: Can colour be measured? How does changing illumination affect the perception of colours? What is colour harmony? Do colours affect our emotions? Colours in the Visual World provides answers to these and other questions. It inspires the reader to discover and creatively use colour by tapping artistic knowledge and recent findings of perceptual science. Colours in the Visual World is a resource of colour facts and phenomena for students of art, design, and architecture, as well as all those interested in the world of colour. The book is based on the author’s over 20 years of experience in teaching, researching and creating with colour. Each chapter includes assignments that serve as a starting point for independent study and experimentation. A glossary helps to clarify colour concepts and terminology.

Visual Intelligence

Author : Amy E. Herman
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780544381063

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An engrossing guide to seeing—and communicating—more clearly from the groundbreaking course that helps FBI agents, cops, CEOs, ER docs, and others save money, reputations, and lives. How could looking at Monet’s water lily paintings help save your company millions? How can checking out people’s footwear foil a terrorist attack? How can your choice of adjective win an argument, calm your kid, or catch a thief? In her celebrated seminar, the Art of Perception, art historian Amy Herman has trained experts from many fields how to perceive and communicate better. By showing people how to look closely at images, she helps them hone their “visual intelligence,” a set of skills we all possess but few of us know how to use properly. She has spent more than a decade teaching doctors to observe patients instead of their charts, helping police officers separate facts from opinions when investigating a crime, and training professionals from the FBI, the State Department, Fortune 500 companies, and the military to recognize the most pertinent and useful information. Her lessons highlight far more than the physical objects you may be missing; they teach you how to recognize the talents, opportunities, and dangers that surround you every day. Whether you want to be more effective on the job, more empathetic toward your loved ones, or more alert to the trove of possibilities and threats all around us, this book will show you how to see what matters most to you more clearly than ever before. Please note: this ebook contains full-color art reproductions and photographs, and color is at times essential to the observation and analysis skills discussed in the text. For the best reading experience, this ebook should be viewed on a color device.

Timeline

Author : Peter Goes
Publisher : Gecko Press USA
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781776570690

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Timeline by Peter Goes Pdf

Timeline explores Earth from the time of the Big Bang through to the threats of climate change.

The Visual World of French Theory

Author : Sarah Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Art and philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215375200

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The Visual World of French Theory by Sarah Wilson Pdf

This work focuses on the series of encounters between the most prominent French philosophers of the 1960s and 1970s and the artists of their times, most particularly the protagonists of the Narrative Figuration movement.