A history of visual culture : western civilization from the 18th to the 21st century / edited by Jane Kromm and Susan Benforado Bakewell. - Oxford : Berg, 2010. - vii, 403 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This title examines how our visual culture has shaped our ways of viewing and interpreting the world. Divided into themed sections it focuses on revolt and revolution, science and empiricism, gaze and spectacle, conquest and colonialism and globalization.

Specialized.

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Art and society--Western countries.
Visual communication--Western countries.


Civilization, Western.

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