What is an image /

What is an image / edited by James Elkins and Maja Naef. - x, 286 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. - The Stone Art Theory Institutes ; v. 2 . - Stone art theory institutes (Series) ; v. 2. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Brings together historians, philosophers, critics, postcolonial theorists, and curators to ask how images, pictures, and paintings are conceptualized. Issues discussed include concepts such as "image" and "picture" in and outside the West; semiotics; whether images are products of discourse; religious meanings; and the ethics of viewing"--Provided by publisher.

0271050640 9780271050645

2011020777


Image (Philosophy)
Aesthetics.
Art--Philosophy.

BH301.I52 / W43 2011

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