Writing Visual Histories

by Ludmilla Jordanova and Florence Grant

Book Overview

What can visual artifacts tell us about the past? How can we interpret them rigorously, weaving their formal and material qualities into rich social contexts to reach wider historical conclusions? Unfolding key historiographical and methodological issues, Writing Visual Histories equips students to answer these questions, showing visual analysis to be a key skill in historical research.

A multifaceted structure makes this a practical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350023450
• ISBN13: 9781350023451
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"