Art: History: Visual: Culture

This innovative collection of essays offers exciting new research and thoughtful reflection on the subject of visual culture and its relationship to art history.<br /> <ul class=”noindent”> <li>Brings together innovative scholarship by major scholars.<br /> </li> <li>Engages with cross-cultural questions, asking if attention to visual culture is a western preoccupation.<br /> </li> <li>Draws on a wide range of cultures, locations and historical periods, from the eighth century China to contemporary South Africa, from Byzantium to early modern and modern Europe.<br /> </li> <li>Covers a wealth of visual forms and media including photography, film, painting, sculpture, drawing, installation and the decorative arts</li> </ul>