The look of the past : visual and material evidence in historical practice /

How can we use visual and material culture to shed light on the past? Ludmilla Jordanova offers a fascinating and thoughtful introduction to the role of images, objects and buildings in the study of past times. Through a combination of thematic chapters and essays on specific artifacts, a building,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jordanova, L. J. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Subjects:	Historiography > Methodology. History > Study and teaching. Visual literacy. Material culture. Art and history. Architecture and history. Historiography and photography. HISTORY / Historiography.

Table of Contents:

A handbag?
Introduction
Description and evidence
Essay : a 'sumptuous structure': the Wren Library at Trinity College, Cambridge
Craft, skills and visual intelligence
Essay: 'the jewel of the church' : Bernini's Ecstasy of St Teresa
Periodisation
Essay : photographing 'the family of man'
Audiences and display
Essay : deposits of friendship: Renoir's 1908 portrait of Ambroise Vollard
Comparative analysis
List of reference works.