Study on the theoretical and methodological approaches of Visual Studies

  • Fernando Contreras Universidad de Sevilla Grupo de Investigación en Tecnología, Arte y Comunicación (PAIDI HUM 868)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/ARIS.55559
Keywords: Visual Studies, theory, methodology, analysis, visual art

Abstract

This article shows the main theoretical approaches and explains the role of interdisciplinary methodologies in Visual Studies. In order to do this we take a tour of the central concepts of the analysis of visual art (visual essentialism, visual objects, visual culture, visual thinking, scopic regimes), as well as discuss relevant critical debates about the shortcomings of art history. Art theory or aesthetics in the analysis of new media images. The study demonstrates that the theoretical evolution of visual analysis surpasses the historical interpretation of art and extends in the knowledge of the social construction of the visual experience, or in other words, in the visual construction of the social.

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Fernando Contreras, Universidad de Sevilla Grupo de Investigación en Tecnología, Arte y Comunicación (PAIDI HUM 868)

Doctor en Filosofía; Doctor en Ciencias de la Información; Licenciado en Bellas Artes (Diseño y Grabado); Profesor Titular de Cibercultura en el Departamento de Periodismo 1 de la Universidad de Sevilla

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Published
2017-09-12
How to Cite
Contreras F. (2017). Study on the theoretical and methodological approaches of Visual Studies. Arte, Individuo y Sociedad, 29(3), 483-499. https://doi.org/10.5209/ARIS.55559
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Vol. 29 No. 3 (2017)
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Articles

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