An Anthropology Of Images: Picture, Medium, Body

Proposes an anthropological theory for interpreting human picture making. Refusing to reduce images to their material embodiment yet acknowledging the importance of the historical media in which images are manifested, this book presents a challenging and provocative account of what pictures are and how they function.

• | By (Author): Hans Belting
• | Publisher: Princeton University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 21, 2014
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 216 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0691160961
• | ISBN-13: 9780691160962