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Beschreibung

This groundbreaking study interrogates a rich and diverse repertoire of images from all over the world to answer the fundamental question: How are the meanings of images conveyed, recognized and accepted?

Combining art history, anthropology, philosophy and linguistics, this book expands the field of traditional iconography, which explains what images mean, by introducing new, useful categories that enable us to understand how images mean (meta-iconography). In his study of iconography from a century ago, Erwin Panofsky famously discussed what an "Australian bushman" might make of Leonardo's Last Supper: though unaware of the religious story, the Aboriginal viewer would have known it was a picture of humans eating a meal together. Paul Taylor's book argues that this gets the question the wrong way around. We know the painting depicts people at supper only if we know it represents a supper. It is through knowing the cultural context that we can interpret the contents of an image. Universal in scope and profoundly topical at a time when artificial intelligence is redefining our visual horizon, this book represents a resource for scholars in a variety of fields and a thought-provoking read for all those interested in art.

Published by Paul Holberton Publishing

This groundbreaking study interrogates a rich and diverse repertoire of images from all over the world to answer the fundamental question: How are the meanings of images conveyed, recognized and accepted?

Combining art history, anthropology, philosophy and linguistics, this book expands the field of traditional iconography, which explains what images mean, by introducing new, useful categories that enable us to understand how images mean (meta-iconography). In his study of iconography from a century ago, Erwin Panofsky famously discussed what an "Australian bushman" might make of Leonardo's Last Supper: though unaware of the religious story, the Aboriginal viewer would have known it was a picture of humans eating a meal together. Paul Taylor's book argues that this gets the question the wrong way around. We know the painting depicts people at supper only if we know it represents a supper. It is through knowing the cultural context that we can interpret the contents of an image. Universal in scope and profoundly topical at a time when artificial intelligence is redefining our visual horizon, this book represents a resource for scholars in a variety of fields and a thought-provoking read for all those interested in art.

Published by Paul Holberton Publishing

Über den Autor
Paul Taylor has been a member of the Warburg Institute since 1991 and is the Curator of its Photographic Collection. An expert on iconography and Dutch art, his publications include Condition: The Ageing of Art (2015), Iconography without Texts (as editor, 2008) and Dutch Flower Painting, 1600–1720 (1995).
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Kunstgeschichte
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781913645885
ISBN-10: 1913645886
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Taylor, Paul
Hersteller: Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 237 x 168 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Paul Taylor
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.07.2025
Gewicht: 0,768 kg
Artikel-ID: 133236834