Picture theory : essays on verbal and visual representation

By:

Mitchell, W. J. T

Publication details: London University Of Chicago Press 1995Description: xv,445pISBN:

97802265323325

DDC classification:

741.01 MIT

Contents:

Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Picture Theory 1. The Pictorial Turn 11 2. Metapictures 11 3. Beyond Comparison: Picture, Text, and Method 83 Textual Pictures 4. Visible Language: Blake's Art of Writing 111 5. Ekphrasis and the Other 151 6. Narrative, Memory, and Slavery 183 III Pictorial Texts 7. Ut Pictura Theoria: Abstract Painting and Language 213 8. Word, Image, and Object: Wall Labels for Robert Morris 241 9. The Photographic Essay: Four Case Studies 281 Pictures and Power 10. Illusion: Looking at Animals Looking 329 11. Realism, Irrealism, and Ideology: After Nelson Goodman 345 Pictures and the Public Sphere 12. The Violence of Public Art: Do the Right Thing 371 13. From CNN to JFK 397 Conclusion: Some Pictures of Representation 417 Index 427

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Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
Picture Theory

1. The Pictorial Turn 11
2. Metapictures 11
3. Beyond Comparison: Picture, Text, and Method 83
Textual Pictures
4. Visible Language: Blake's Art of Writing 111
5. Ekphrasis and the Other 151
6. Narrative, Memory, and Slavery 183
III Pictorial Texts
7. Ut Pictura Theoria: Abstract Painting and Language 213
8. Word, Image, and Object: Wall Labels for Robert Morris 241
9. The Photographic Essay: Four Case Studies 281
Pictures and Power
10. Illusion: Looking at Animals Looking 329
11. Realism, Irrealism, and Ideology: After Nelson Goodman 345
Pictures and the Public Sphere
12. The Violence of Public Art: Do the Right Thing 371
13. From CNN to JFK 397
Conclusion: Some Pictures of Representation 417
Index 427

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