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  1. Pictorial cultures and political iconographies
    approaches, perspectives, case studies from Europe and America
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  de Gruyter, Berlin [u.a.]

    The pictorial turn in the humanities and social sciences emphasizes the political power of images and the extent to which historical, political, social, and cultural processes and practices are shaped visually. The volume gathers twenty-one articles... more

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    The pictorial turn in the humanities and social sciences emphasizes the political power of images and the extent to which historical, political, social, and cultural processes and practices are shaped visually. The volume gathers twenty-one articles by visual culture studies experts in the fields of Art History, American Studies, History, and Political Science from Europe and the United States. The collection explores the political function and cultural impact of images and how political iconographies interpret norms of actions, support ideological formations, and enhance moral concepts.Udo J. Hebel andChristoph Wagner, University of Regensburg, Germany.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 1283399431; 9783110237863; 9781283399432
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    RVK Categories: EC 2450 ; AP 14800 ; HR 1440 ; HR 1700
    Subjects: Art and society; Art
    Scope: Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 400 S.)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

    Contents; Introduction; Why Is There No Political Science of the Arts?; Rubens's Pictorial Peacekeeping Force: Negotiating through 'Visual Speech-Acts; Political Iconography and the Picture Act: The Execution of Charles I in 1649; "The Conqueror of Canada" - Benjamin West and the Heroes of Sentimentalism; Nationalism and Truth in Grant Wood's; Masculinity, Sexuality, and the German Nation: The Eulenburg Scandals and Kaiser Wilhelm II in Political Cartoons; Bauhaus, the Radio, and the Colors of Fascism

    Adolf Hitler's (Self-)Fashioning as a Genius: The Visual Politics of National Socialism's Cult of GeniusThe Grammar of Postrevolutionary Visual Politics: Comparing Presidential Stances of George Washington and Friedrich Ebert; Making the Invisible Visible: The Public Persona of Malcolm X; The New Face of American Anger: Internet Imagery and the Power of Contagious Feeling; Photographing American Indians: An Imaginary Exhibition; The "Other" Country in the City: Urban Space and the Politics of Visibility in American Social Documentary Photography

    Taming the Teeming Masses: Visualizing Order at Ellis IslandReplacing the President: Cecil Stoughton's "Lyndon B. Johnson Taking the Oath of Office"" and the Iconography of U.S. American P; Souvenirs from the Landscapes of Modernity: Richard Misrach, Camilo Vergara, and the Visual Politics of Ruin; The Trouble with Atrocity Photography in Gerhard Richter, Robert Morris and Alfredo Jaar, or, Art on the Brink of Failure; Must-See Sights: The Politics of Representing U.S.-American History; Body, Building, City, and Environment: Iconography in the Mexican Megalopolis

    Aesthetics and Political Iconography of MoneyNotes on Contributors; Index