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Eyewitnessing : the uses of images as historical evidence /

Eyewitnessing evaluates the place of images among other kinds of historical evidence. By reviewing the many varieties of images by region, period and medium, and looking at the pragmatic uses of images (e.g. the Bayeux Tapestry, an engraving of a printing press, a reconstruction of a building), Pete...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burke, Peter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Reaktion Books Ltd, 2019.
Edición:Second edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The testimony of images
  • Photographs and portraits
  • Iconography and Iconology
  • The sacred and the supernatural
  • Power and protest
  • Material culture through images
  • Views on society
  • Stereotypes of others
  • Visual narratives
  • From witness to historian
  • Beyond iconography?
  • The cultural history of images.