Mixed forms of visual culture : from the cabinet of curiosities to digital diversity /

Francis, Mary Anne,

Mixed forms of visual culture : from the cabinet of curiosities to digital diversity / Mary Anne Francis. - Reprint edition. - 232 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.


List of Illustrations -- Introduction: Mixtures of all sorts -- 1. The cabinet of curiosities as mixed-form: depictions and desire -- 2. Mixed-form in working life: the rise of manufacture -- 3. Popular mixed-forms in a long eighteenth century: from the broadside ballad to the chapbook -- 4. Visual essay -- 5. Mixed-form and modernism in the visual arts: assemblage and assembly lines -- 6. Visual essay -- 7. Digital culture as Wunderkammer Conclusion: A synthesis of sorts -- Bibliography




Socialism and art.
Mass media and art.
Art--Political aspects.



--Reading book

701.18 / FRA