A century later, the Marx Brothers are cultural icons who have permeated our culture. Most scholarly work on them is biographical; this collection of eleven essays suggests other approaches, examining their work from a number of critical perspectives.
Critical Cartography of Art and Visuality in the Global Age II
This volume addresses questions that are crucial to approaching art, visuality, and cultural policies from the perspective of global transformations and the rise of new social, political and cultural paradigms.
Photography and Modern Icons
At the turn of the 20th century, six cultural icons used photography to build their media image. Exalting the cult of personality and mass communication, they used the photographic portrait to become celebrities and found fashion styles that are still of reference today.
Semiotics and Visual Communication II
This book explores the Culture of Seduction, defining it not as sexual enticement, but as a mechanism of attraction and appeal. In an increasingly hyper-real world, this force has powerful agency in communication, advertising, fashion, and packaging design.
The Representations of Elderly People in the Scenes of Jesus’ Childhood in Tuscan Paintings, 14th-16th Centuries
Adopting an innovative approach, this book leads the reader through early modern Tuscan paintings to discover a new vision of intergenerational relationships. It reveals how old age was perceived at the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance in Tuscany.
Words and Images on the Screen
Word has been a primordial companion to cinema from its beginnings. This volume offers a collection of essays that question the role of words and images in moving pictures, covering their interconnectedness through in-depth case studies and general surveys.