{"id":25457,"date":"2021-03-18T22:42:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T22:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=25457"},"modified":"2021-03-18T22:42:02","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T22:42:02","slug":"writing-visual-histories-edited-by-florence-grant-and-ludmilla-jordanova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=25457","title":{"rendered":"Writing Visual Histories. Edited by Florence Grant and Ludmilla Jordanova"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What can visual artifacts tell us about the past? How can we interpret them rigorously, weaving their formal and material qualities into rich social contexts to reach wider historical conclusions? Unfolding key historiographical and methodological issues, <em>Writing Visual Histories <\/em>equips students to answer these questions, showing visual analysis to be a key skill in historical research.<br><br>A multifaceted structure makes this a practical guide for writing and reflecting on visual histories. A first section includes six case studies &#8212; on topics ranging from medieval heraldry to <em>Life<\/em> magazine. These examples are followed by an exploration of essential concepts that inform historical thinking about visual matters, a treatment of disciplinary practices, and discussion of the practicalities (such as accessing museum collections and organising permissions) that scholars working with visual sources have to navigate.<br><br>This book is an invaluable tool kit for opening up a historical understanding of visual phenomena and practices of looking, and for writing that takes an integrated approach to studies of the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Table of contents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>List of Illustrations<br>List of Contributors<br>Acknowledgements<br><br>Introduction<br>1. Heraldry Topsy-Turvy: Depictions and Performances of Dishonour and Death, <em>Marcus Meer<\/em><br>2. Costume Imagery and the Visualisation of Humanity in Early Modern Europe, <em>Katherine Bond<\/em><br>3. Identity and Continuity: The Visual Culture of an Institution over 500 Years, <em>Ludmilla Jordanova<\/em><br>4. Making an Exhibition of Himself: John Wilkes through Visual Sources, <em>Jonathan Conlin<\/em><br>5. Writing the History of the Photographic Book: The Case of Weimar Germany, <em>J. J. Long<\/em><br>6. The Picture Magazine: <em>Life<\/em> and the Limits of Photography, <em>Melissa Renn<\/em><br><br>Concepts<br>Agency<br>Art<br>Discourse<br>Genre<br>Iconography<br>Medium<br>Reception<br>Reproduction<br>Rhetoric<br>Skill<br>Style<br>Visual Culture<br><br>Practices<br>Description<br>Contextualization<br>Periodization<br><br>Practicalities<br>Using Image Databases<br>Organizing Permissions<br>Writing Captions<br>Publishing with Pictures<br><br>Conclusions<br>Notes<br>Bibliography<br>Index<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe six chapters offer case-studies from the fourteenth to the twentieth-century in Britain, Europe and the United States, and collectively present visual history as a lively interdisciplinary mode of enquiry. With its additional sections on concepts, practices and practicalities, the volume exceeds the conventional textbook \u2013 making it invaluable as a student handbook or toolkit.\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0 Viccy Coltman, Professor of eighteenth-century History of Art, University of Edinburgh, UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Author\/Editor(s)\/ Contributor(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Florence Grant<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Florence Grant holds a PhD in History from King&#8217;s College London and is currently an independent writer and editor based in Western North Carolina, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ludmilla Jordanova<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ludmilla Jordanova is Emeritus Professor of History and Visual Culture at Durham University, UK. She is also the author of History in Practice, 3rd Edition (Bloomsbury, 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Published: 12-11-2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Extent: 256<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Series: Writing History<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/uk\/writing-visual-histories-9781350023451\/\">https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/uk\/writing-visual-histories-9781350023451\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knjige","category-novosti"],"acf":{"facebook_opis":""},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historiografija.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Visual-History.jpg?fit=500%2C750&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54121,"url":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=54121","url_meta":{"origin":25457,"position":0},"title":"ZGODOVINA NA \u0160PICI: YUGOSLAVIA AND CAMBODIA: ENTANGLED HISTORIES OF NON-ALIGNMENT","author":"Branimir Jankovi\u0107","date":"16. lipnja 2026.","format":false,"excerpt":"You are kindly invited to a new lecture in the History on the Edge series, which will take place on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at the INZ premises or via the ZOOM link: https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/j\/85093074535?pwd=chFdSCgScVg8fw1djh3bVz8h9gqWtm.1 . 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