Theory of the Image (Hardcover)

We live in an age of the mobile image. The world today is absolutely saturated with analog and digital images of all kinds circulating around the world at an incredible rate. The movement of the image has never been more extraordinary than it is today. This recent kinetic revolution of the image has hitherto unconsidered consequences not only for the way we think about contemporary art and aesthetics but also for art history as well. Responding to this historical moment, Theory of the Image offers a fresh new aesthetics and history of art from the perspective of this epoch-defining mobility. The image has been understood in many ways, but rarely, if ever, has it been understood to be, primarily and above all, in motion. This original approach is what defines Theory of the Image and what allows it to offer the first kinetic history of the Western art tradition. In this book, Thomas Nail further develops his larger philosophy of movement into a comprehensive "kinesthetics" of the moving image from prehistory to the present. The book concludes with a vivid analysis of the contemporary digital image and its hybridity, ultimately outlining new territory for research and exploration across aesthetics, art history, cultural theory, and media studies.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2019
Authors:	Thomas Nail (Associate Professor of Philosophy)
Dimensions:	237 x 161 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	408
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-092403-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > General
LSN:	0-19-092403-9
Barcode:	9780190924034

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