Open AccessIconology, visual culture and media aesthetics
Author(s) -
William J. Mitchell
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
poznańskie studia polonistyczne. seria literacka
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2450-4947
pISSN - 1233-8680
DOI - 10.14746/pspsl.2017.30.17
Subject(s) - iconology , visual culture , visual media , natural (archaeology) , aesthetics , architecture , art , popular culture , visual arts , space (punctuation) , sociology , philosophy , history , literature , iconography , archaeology , linguistics
The article contains fragments of three chapters form the book Image Science. Iconology, Visual Culture and Media Aesthetics (Chicago 2015), titled The are no Visual Media , Back to the Drawing Board and Foundational Sites and Occupied Spaces . W. J. T. Mitchell created in his previous works the key concepts which imply an approach to images as true objects of investigation – an “image science”. Author, continuing with his influential line of thoughts, amplifies interdisciplinary studies of visual media. The chapters also delve into such topics as conections between new media and architecture or the occupation of space in contemporary popular uprisings. Image science is a call for a method of studying images that overcomes the “two-culture split” between the natural and human sciences.