The book offers a fresh new theory and history of art from the perspective of this epoch‑defining mobility. The image has been understood in many ways, but it is rarely understood to be fundamentally in motion. The original and materialist approach is what defines “Theory of the Image” and what allows it to offer the first kinetic history of the Western art tradition. In this book, Thomas Nail further develops his larger philosophy of movement into a comprehensive kinesthetic of the moving image from prehistory to the present. The book concludes with a vivid analysis of the contemporary digital image and its hybridity, ultimately outlining new territory for research and exploration across aesthetics, art history, cultural theory, and media studies.

Details

Type

Book

Place of publication

Oxford

Year

2019

Number of pages

432 pages

Language

English

ISBN

9780190050085

Open stacks or available on request

Available on request

Illustrations

Yes

Bibliography

No

UDC code and author sign

701.17 Nai

Volumes

1

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