An Anthropology of Images: Picture, Medium, Body
Hans Belting, "An Anthropology of Images: Picture, Medium, Body"
English | ISBN: 0691160961 | 2014 | 216 pages | EPUB | 18 MB
English | ISBN: 0691160961 | 2014 | 216 pages | EPUB | 18 MB
A compelling theory that places the origin of human picture making in the body
In this groundbreaking book, renowned art historian Hans Belting proposes a new anthropological theory for interpreting human picture making. Rather than focus exclusively on pictures as they are embodied in various media such as painting, sculpture, or photography, he links pictures to our mental images and therefore our bodies. The body is understood as a "living medium" that produces, perceives, or remembers images that are different from the images we encounter through handmade or technical pictures. Refusing to reduce images to their material embodiment yet acknowledging the importance of the historical media in which images are manifested,
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