{"product_id":"photography-theory-in-historical-perspective-isbn-9781405191975","title":"Photography Theory in Historical Perspective","description":"\u003ci\u003ePhotography Theory in Historical Perspective: Case Studies from Contemporary Art\u003c\/i\u003e aims to contribute to the understanding of the multifaceted and complex character of the photographic medium by dealing with various case studies selected from photographic practices in contemporary art, discussed in the context of views and theories of photography from its inception. \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003euses case studies to explain photographic practices in contemporary art and place them in the context of theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003epresents current debates on theory of photography through comparisons to research of other visual media\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eapplicable to vernacular and documentary photography as well as art photography\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Acknowledgments.  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructure of the Book\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is a \"Medium\"?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFraming the Focus of the Book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalog Versus Digital.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Overlap of Themes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Representation in Photography: The Competition with Painting.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhotography, Objectivity, and Representation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStraight and Composed Photography: The Impact of the Digital.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhotographs as Iconic Index of the Reality Represented.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAura, Authenticity, and Reproducibility in Photography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePainting-like Photographs Versus Photo-like Paintings as Multimediating Pictures: The Question of Color.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSharp and Blurred Photographs: Transparency and Hypermediacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Time in Photography: The Rivalry with Time-Based Arts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBarthes's That-has-Been and Punctum.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTime Exposure and Instantaneity in Photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSerial Documentation and the Decisive Moment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePresence and Absence in Photography: Replaced Images Versus Objects of Contemplation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Place and Space in Photography: Positioning Toward Virtual Places and Spatial Objects.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConstructed Places in Relation to Places That Exist(ed).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMonocular Perspective Investigated Through Divergent and Poly-ocular Perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpatial Photographs as Extension of the Photo as Two-dimensional Image.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Photography's Social Function: The Documentary Legacy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Photography Against the Grain\".\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhotography, Text, and Context.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Post-)Documentary Photographs as Art. Color, and the Politics of (Re)Presentation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritical Approaches of Advertising and Fashion Photography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Self-reflective Photography.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhotography as Record of the Reflection of Light.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReflections on Taking Photographs: Photograph–Camera–Photographer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Photograph as Product of a Process of Reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePsychoanalytic Theories Projected in Photography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Self-reflective Digital Photography Back to Classical Mirror Mythologies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCredits and sources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e \"Van Gelder and Westgeest offer an important, dense, and advanced study of the complex character of the photographic medium as it has been understood over time...Using what the authors call case studies, this volume examines specific pictures by carefully selected photographic artists...various analyses quote numerous authors and establish their theoretical positions...This book challenges or elaborates upon accepted notions of what constitutes a photography, and discusses photography's role in the practice of contemporary art...Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through researchers\/faculty.\" P.C. Bunnell, emeritus, Princeton University (Choice, November 2011)  \u003cb\u003eHilde Van Gelder\u003c\/b\u003e is editor of the Lieven Gevaert Series. She has co-edited several books inthe series, including \u003ci\u003ePhotography Between Poetry and Politics: The Critical Position of the Photographic Medium in Contemporary Art\u003c\/i\u003e (2008).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Westgeest\u003c\/b\u003e is editor and one of the authors of \u003ci\u003eTake Place: Photography and Place from Multiple Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e (2009).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ci\u003ePhotography Theory in Historical Perspective: Case Studies from Contemporary Art\u003c\/i\u003e aims to contribute to the understanding of the multifaceted and complex character of the photographic medium by dealing with various case studies selected from photographic practices in contemporary art, discussed in the context of views and theories of photography from its inception.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003eFive thematic fields are covered: photography compared to painting; photography as time-based art (compared to film and performance); photography’s relation to virtual places and spatial art; photography as visual tool for social critique; and photography as self-reflective medium. These fields are connected to issues of representation, time, place, function, and metapicture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989784314085,"sku":"NP9781405191975","price":31.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405191975.jpg?v=1761785455","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/photography-theory-in-historical-perspective-isbn-9781405191975","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}