The Architecture of the Visible
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6565609 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Graham Macphee |
| Year | 2002 |
| Pages | 240 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | The Architecture of the Visible (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Continuum International Publishing Group (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5040/9781472545855 |
| OpenAlex | W627031103 |
| ISBN | 9780826459251, 9781472545855 |
| Open Library | OL8168528M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Visual technology saturates everyday life. Theories of the visual--now key to debates across cultural studies, social theory, art history, literary studies and philosophy--have interpreted this new condition as the beginning of a dystopian future, of cultural decline, social disempowerment and political passivity. Intellectuals--from Baudelaire to Debord, Benjamin, Virilio, Jameson, Baudrillard and Derrida--have explored how technology not only reinvents the visual, but also changes the nature of culture itself. The heartland of all such cultural analysis has been the city, from Baudelaire's flaneur to Benjamin's arcades.The Architecture of the Visible presents a wide-ranging critical reassessment of contemporary approaches to visual culture through an analysis of pivotal technological innovation from the telescope, through photography to film. Drawing on the examples of Paris and New York--two key world cities for over two centuries--Graham MacPhee analyzes how visual technology is revolutionizing the landscape of modern thought, politics and culture
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Critical theory · Cultural politics · Culture theory · Dystopia · Epistemology · Everyday life · General · History & Surveys - General · Literature · Media studies · Modern · Photography · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Technology · Theory of art · Urban & municipal planning · Vision · Visual arts · Visual culture · Anthropology · Cultural Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Urban Planning and Landscape Design · Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation · Architektur · Architekturtheorie · Ästhetik · Beeldcultuur · Cities and towns · Cultural · Cultural Policy · Cultural studies · Culture · Media Studies · modern · Modern Philosophy · Popular Culture · Public policy · Social Science · Stadt · Städtebau · Stadtgestaltung · Steden · Technik · Technische vernieuwing · Technologie · Visual communication · Visuelle Kommunikation · Wahrnehmung · Architecture
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |