Visual Literacy

by James Elkins

Book Overview

What does it mean to be visually literate? Does it mean different things in the arts and the sciences? In the West, in Asia, or in developing nations? If we all need to become "visually literate," what does that mean in practical terms? The essays gathered here examine a host of issues surrounding "the visual," exploring national and regional ideas of visuality and charting out new territories of visual literacy that lie far beyond art history,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415958113
• ISBN13: 9780415958110
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"