Picture Theory: Essays On Verbal And Visual Representation

In this companion volume to "Iconology", the author investigates pictures - the concrete, representational objects in which images appear. Focusing on popular and television coverage of the Gulf War, he examines the capacity of visual images to awaken/stifle public debate, emotion and violence.

• | By (Author): W. J. T. Mitchell
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• | Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 01, 1995
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 462 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0007233485
• | ISBN-13: 9780226532325