The Look of the Past

by L.J. Jordanova and Ludmilla Jordanova

Book Overview

How can we use visual and material culture to shed light on the past? Ludmilla Jordanova offers a fascinating and thoughtful introduction to the role of images, objects and buildings in the study of past times. Through a combination of thematic chapters and essays on specific artefacts - a building, a piece of sculpture, a photographic exhibition and a painted portrait - she shows how to analyse the agency and visual intelligence of artists, makers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521709067
• ISBN13: 9780521709064
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.6"