Luxury and Visual Culture

by John Armitage

Book Overview

From couture fashion to opulent perfumes and decadent food, the luxury goods and services industry has grown at an unprecedented rate even in the context of a global recession. But in contemporary digital culture does luxury still reside in material things, or rather the look of things? In this first study of luxury through the lens of visual culture, Armitage argues that luxury is undergoing a shift from material culture to the immaterial culture...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474246036
• ISBN13: 9781474246033
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"