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Pages: 419
Authors: W. J. T. Mitchell
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-12-23 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Why do we have such extraordinarily powerful responses toward the images and pictures we see in everyday life? Why do we behave as if pictures were alive, posse
What Do Pictures Want?
Language: en
Pages: 419
Authors: W. J. T. Mitchell
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-06-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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The author argues that we need to reckon with images not merely as inert objects that convey meaning but as animated beings with desires, needs, appetites, and
Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs
Language: en
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Authors: Henry Carroll
Categories: Photography
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Photography is now more popular than ever thanks to the rapid development of digital cameras. Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs is ideal for this
Cloning Terror
Language: en
Pages: 239
Authors: W. J. T. Mitchell
Categories: Art
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The phrase 'War on Terror' has quietly been retired from official usage, but it persists in the American psyche, and our understanding of it is hardly complete.
Image Science
Language: en
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Authors: W. J. T. Mitchell
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-01-30 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Almost thirty years ago, W.J.T. Mitchell's 'Iconology' helped launch the interdisciplinary study of visual media, now a central feature of the humanities. Mitch