{"product_id":"the-photograph-oxford-history-of-art-9780192842008","title":"The Photograph Oxford History of Art","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a series of discussions of major themes and genres, Graham Clarke gives a clear and incisive account of the photograph's historical development, and elucidates the insights of the most interesting thinkers on the subject such as Roland Barthes and Susan Sontag.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA readable text discusses the way in which we see and interpret photographs. * The Bookseller *\u003cbr\u003eFully and often surprisingly illustrated, carefully annotated and captioned, each combines a historical overview with a nicely opinionated individual approach. * Independent on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eRead this book and you will never look at a photograph in the same way again. * House \u0026amp; Garden *\u003cbr\u003econcise yet comprehensive, and wonderful value * The Irish Times (Dublin) *\u003cbr\u003eAn engaging, image-studded survey... Clarke is particularly good at playing two images off against one another to emphasise the cultural assumptions underlying each... Clarke raises fascinating questions about how the portrait seeks to encode social identity. In his representation of landscape, he deftly covers both the picturesque tradition and its opposite, the scientific orientation that viewed photography as a means of mapping and administering land. * V. Penelope Pelizzon, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Vol.40 No.2 *\u003cbr\u003eClarke does an admirable job of condensing theoretical debates concerning the reading of images * Yorkshire Post (Leeds) *\u003cbr\u003eAn important part of the Oxford History of Art series ... It's an enormous subject, but it's tackled in a tremendously accessible manner. A must for anyone interested in taking seriously good pictures. * Swansea South Wales Evening Post *\u003cbr\u003ea superb piece of publishing * Rupert Christiansen, Spectator *","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732591587671,"sku":"9780192842008","price":30.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-photograph-oxford-history-of-art-9780192842008","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}