Visual Methodologies: An Introduction to the Interpretation of Visual Materials

Gillian Rose, Gillian Cathryn Rose

SAGE Publications, 2001 - Social Science - 229 pages

This book is an introduction to reading visual culture. It explains which methods are available to the undergraduate student and shows exactly how to use them.

The book begins with a discussion of general themes and recent debates, on the meaning of culture and the function of the visual, that offers a critical inquiry into the relation of visual images to social identities and social relations. Gillian Rose then goes on to investigate in detail the different methods for interpreting visual images. The strengths and weaknesses of each method are discussed in relation to a detailed case study, as well as to the more general issues outlined in the introduction.

Contents

• image: 109
• 3 Still from Hitchcocks Rebecca: 121
• 1 Jan van Eyck Arnolfini Wedding Portrait 1434: 146

About the author

Dr. Gordon "Oz" Osinski is the NSERC/MDA/CSA Industrial Research Chair in Planetary Geology in the Departments of Earth Sciences and Physics and Astronomy at Western University, Canada. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons) First Class in Geology from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland (1999) and a Ph.D., also in Geology (2004), from the University of New Brunswick, Canada. His research covers the tectonics of impact crater formation, the generation of impact melts, emplacement of ejecta, and post-impact processes such as impact-associated hydrothermal activity. He has published more than 70 papers in peer-reviewed journals and special papers and has given over 60 conference presentations since 2001.

Dr. Elisabetta Pierazzo , who tragically died during the preparation of this book, was a Research Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute and an Adjunct Assistant Research Scientist at the Lunar & Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, both located in Tucson, Arizona. She held a Laurea in Physics from the University of Padua, Italy (1988) and a Ph.D. in Planetary Sciences from University of Arizona (1997). She was a world renowned expert on the numerical modelling of impact events, focusing on the environmental effects of impact events, oblique impacts, and impact melt production.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Visual Methodologies: An Introduction to the Interpretation of Visual Materials; Visual Culture Series
• Authors: Gillian Rose, Gillian Cathryn Rose
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, 2001
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Feb 7, 2008
• ISBN: 0761966641, 9780761966647
• Length: 229 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Social Science / Research