The Image in Dispute: Art and Cinema in the Age of Photography

Book Overview

Photography, cinema, and video have irrevocably changed the ways in which we view and interpret images. Indeed, the mechanical reproduction of images was a central preoccupation of twentieth-century philosopher Walter Benjamin, who recognized that film would become a vehicle not only for the entertainment of the masses but also for consumerism and even communism and fascism.

In this volume, experts in film studies and art history take up...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292704763
• ISBN13: 9780292704763
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.3"