Savedoff, Barbara E.

Transforming images : how photography complicates the picture / Barbara E. Savedoff.

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2000.

xi, 233 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

"Barbara E. Savedoff seeks to discern the distinctive character of photography as an art. Why, she asks, do similar images in paintings and photographs strike us differently? How is our reaction to a photograph of a painting unlike our response to the "real" painting?" "Savedoff convincingly demonstrates that photography's perceived realism, along with its unexpected ability to transform its subjects, gives this art form its enigmatic power. Featuring examples of the image-within-an-image, her book explores ambiguities of representation in paintings, in photographs, and in films such as Shall We Dance, Sabotage, and Buster Keaton's Sherlock Junior. The volume also addresses questions concerning altered photographs, photo-realist paintings, animated cartoons, and photographic reproductions." "A meditative closing chapter probes the effects of digital alteration on our understanding of images. Savedoff argues that as digital imagery becomes more common, our way of looking at photographs and gauging their impact is irrevocably changed."--Jacket.

0801433754 (alk. paper)
9780801433757 (alk. paper)

KunstWerk
Photography Philosophy.
Photography, Artistic Philosophy.
Photographie Philosophie.
Photographie artistique Philosophie.
Fotografie
Visuelle Wahrnehmung
Ästhetik
Kunstwerk
Representatie (algemeen)
Photographie Visuelle Wahrnehmung
Visuelle Wahrnehmung Photographie
Photographie Bild
Bild Photographie
Philosophie
Photographie
Wahrnehmung
Photographie Philosophie Geschichte
Photographie Wahrnehmung Geschichte
Wahrnehmung Photographie Geschichte
Philosophie Photographie Geschichte

Animated films

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 233304
Cote: TR183 .S29 2000
Statut: Disponible