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Title: The Rise of the Image the Fall of the Word by Mitchell Stephens ISBN: 0195098293 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.86
Rating: 5
Summary: Future Thinking
Comment: Although Stephen's writing style may make it difficult for the scholar to take him seriously (he sounds more like an Info-Age
geek than a academic), he presents some extrordinary ideas that shouldn't be ignored or overlooked. For example, his list of the new elements and principles of design spawned by Info-Age art
forms is revolutionary. A must read for the Info-Age artist,
art critic, social-critic, or art educator!
Rating: 5
Summary: Insightful look into future of communication
Comment: I teach a graduate design class, and this book is a great way to let students think about their role in the fast changing world of visual communications. Stephens has a great way of putting things in perspective, and notes that each fundamental change in communication has met with resistance, i.e. we still think of TV as the Boob Tube. When I read it a few years ago, it seemed so new--it's fun to see how his theories are quickly melding into our culture seamlessly. It's been an optional read for my students--now it's time to make it mandatory!
Rating: 5
Summary: Powerful insight
Comment: I read Stephen's last summer and I'm now rereading parts of it in preparation for using video in my classroom next Fall. There's no doubt what Stephen says is true. The role of the image can often be even more powerful than the word. For example, Henry Hampton's documentary, Eyes on the Prize, conveys much more emotionally and intellectually than any book on the Civil Rights Movement. Even the most prolific readers out there are moved by powerful motion pictures and documentaries. So far me Stephen's work is only a start in terms of examining what we can be done with visual communication, especially the video.
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Title: The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image by Leonard Shlain ISBN: 0140196013 Publisher: Arkana Pub. Date: 1999 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: An Introduction to Visual Culture by Nicholas Mirzoeff ISBN: 0415158761 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 1999 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture by Marita Sturken, Lisa Cartwright ISBN: 0198742711 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 15 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software by Steven Johnson ISBN: 0684868768 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Basic Typography: A Design Manual by James Craig ISBN: 0823004511 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: 1990 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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