The Look of the Past Visual and Material Evidence in Historical Practice
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How can we use visual and material culture to shed light on the past? Ludmilla Jordanova offers a fascinating and thoughtful introduction to the role of images, objects and buildings in the study of past times. Through a combination of thematic chapters and essays on specific artefacts – a building, a piece of sculpture, a photographic exhibition and a painted portrait – she shows how to analyse the agency and visual intelligence of artists, makers and craftsmen and make sense…
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Key features
- A complete guide to using visual and material evidence in the study of the past
- Extended discussions of description and evidence, craft and visual intelligence evidence, periodisation, audience and display and comparative analysis provide the necessary theoretical grounding for students
- Short essays on specific images, objects and buildings illustrate key themes and demonstrate core analytical methods
- Extensive illustrations give concrete examples of how to use images and objects in historical research
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139051095
- Subjects Art,Art: General Interest
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 12 November 2012
- ISBN: 9780521882422
- Dimensions (mm): 246 x 189 mm
- Weight: 0.83kg
- Contains: 54 b/w illus. 36 colour illus.
- Page extent: 264 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 12 November 2012
- ISBN: 9780521709064
- Dimensions (mm): 246 x 189 mm
- Weight: 0.67kg
- Contains: 54 b/w illus. 36 colour illus.
- Page extent: 263 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 24 April 2021
- ISBN: 9781139051095
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