Writing Visual Histories
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Writing Visual Histories

  1. 215 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Writing Visual Histories

About this book

What can visual artifacts tell us about the past? How can we interpret them rigorously, weaving their formal and material qualities into rich social contexts to reach wider historical conclusions? Unfolding key historiographical and methodological issues, Writing Visual Histories equips students to answer these questions, showing visual analysis to be a key skill in historical research. A multifaceted structure makes this a practical guide for writing and reflecting on visual histories. A first section includes six case studies -- on topics ranging from medieval heraldry to Life magazine. These examples are followed by an exploration of essential concepts that inform historical thinking about visual matters, a treatment of disciplinary practices, and discussion of the practicalities (such as accessing museum collections and organising permissions) that scholars working with visual sources have to navigate. This book is an invaluable tool kit for opening up a historical understanding of visual phenomena and practices of looking, and for writing that takes an integrated approach to studies of the past.

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9781350023451
eBook ISBN
9781350023468
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Teaching History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Dedication Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. List of Contributor
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. Essays
  10. Chapter 1: Heraldry topsy-turvy: Depictions and performances of dishonour and death
  11. Chapter 2: Costume imagery and the visualization of humanity in early modern Europe
  12. Chapter 3: Identity and continuity: The visual culture of an institution over 500 years
  13. Chapter 4: Making an exhibition of himself: John Wilkes through visual sources
  14. Chapter 5: Writing the history of the photographic book: Architecture in Weimar Germany
  15. Chapter 6: The picture magazine: Life and the limits of photography
  16. Concepts
  17. Practices
  18. Practicalities
  19. Conclusions
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index

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