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An Anthropology of Images: Picture, Medium, Body
Hans Belting
An Anthropology of Images: Picture, Medium, Body
Hans Belting
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.
216 pages, 61 halftones.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | July 21, 2014 |
ISBN13 | 9780691160962 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 216 |
Dimensions | 157 × 235 × 11 mm · 356 g |
Language | English |
Translator | Dunlap, Thomas |
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