Art

Art Synopsis

This innovative collection of essays offers exciting new research and thoughtful reflection on the subject of visual culture and its relationship to art history.

• Brings together innovative scholarship by major scholars.
  
• Engages with cross-cultural questions, asking if attention to visual culture is a western preoccupation.
  
• Draws on a wide range of cultures, locations and historical periods, from the eighth century China to contemporary South Africa, from Byzantium to early modern and modern Europe.
  
• Covers a wealth of visual forms and media including photography, film, painting, sculpture, drawing, installation and the decorative arts