Look of the Past - Visual and Material Evidence in Historical Practice

Informationen zum Autor Ludmilla Jordanova is Professor of Modern History at King's College London. Her publications include History in Practice, now going into its third edition. Klappentext Visual and material sources are central to historical practice and this is a much-needed introduction to using artefacts as evidence. Zusammenfassung Analysing visual and material culture is central to the historian's craft and The Look of the Past provides a much-needed introduction to the use of artefacts as evidence. Accessibly written and generously illustrated! this textbook develops the skills students need in order to describe! analyse and contextualise images and objects. Inhaltsverzeichnis A handbag?; Introduction; 1. Description and evidence; Essay - a 'sumptuous structure': the Wren Library at Trinity College, Cambridge; 2. Craft, skills and visual intelligence; Essay - 'the jewel of the church': Bernini's Ecstasy of St Teresa; 3. Periodisation; Essay - photographing 'the family of man'; 4. Audiences and display; Essay - deposits of friendship: Renoir's 1908 portrait of Ambroise Vollard; 5. Comparative analysis; List of reference works.

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• Authors: L. J. Jordanova, Ludmilla Jordanova, Ludmilla (King's College London) Jordanova, Ludmilla (King''s College London) Jordanova, Jordanova Ludmilla
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.09.2012
• EAN: 9780521709064
• ISBN: 978-0-521-70906-4
• No. of pages: 263
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; History, History: theory & methods, HISTORY / Historiography, History of art / art & design styles, The arts, General & world history, History of Art, History: theory and methods