Description
The pictorial turn in the humanities and social sciences emphasizes the political power of images and the extent to which historical, political, social, and cultural processes and practices are shaped visually. The volume gathers twenty-one articles by visual culture studies experts in the fields of Art History, American Studies, History, and Political Science from Europe and the United States. The collection explores the political function and cultural impact of images and how political iconographies interpret norms of actions, support ideological formations, and enhance moral concepts.
Chapter
Political Iconography and the Picture Act: The Execution of Charles I in 1649
“The Conqueror of Canada” – Benjamin West and the Heroes of Sentimentalism
Nationalism and Truth in Grant Wood’s
Masculinity, Sexuality, and the German Nation: The Eulenburg Scandals and Kaiser Wilhelm II in Political Cartoons
Bauhaus, the Radio, and the Colors of Fascism
Adolf Hitler’s (Self-)Fashioning as a Genius: The Visual Politics of National Socialism’s Cult of Genius
The Grammar of Postrevolutionary Visual Politics: Comparing Presidential Stances of George Washington and Friedrich Ebert
Making the Invisible Visible: The Public Persona of Malcolm X
The New Face of American Anger: Internet Imagery and the Power of Contagious Feeling
Photographing American Indians: An Imaginary Exhibition
The “Other” Country in the City: Urban Space and the Politics of Visibility in American Social Documentary Photography
Taming the Teeming Masses: Visualizing Order at Ellis Island
Replacing the President: Cecil Stoughton’s “Lyndon B. Johnson Taking the Oath of Office" and the Iconography of U.S. American Presidential Inaugurations
Souvenirs from the Landscapes of Modernity: Richard Misrach, Camilo Vergara, and the Visual Politics of Ruin
The Trouble with Atrocity Photography in Gerhard Richter, Robert Morris and Alfredo Jaar, or, Art on the Brink of Failure
Must-See Sights: The Politics of Representing U.S.-American History
Body, Building, City, and Environment: Iconography in the Mexican Megalopolis
Aesthetics and Political Iconography of Money
Political Iconography and the Picture Act: The Execution of Charles I in 1649
“The Conqueror of Canada” – Benjamin West and the Heroes of Sentimentalism
Nationalism and Truth in Grant Wood’s
Masculinity, Sexuality, and the German Nation: The Eulenburg Scandals and Kaiser Wilhelm II in Political Cartoons
Bauhaus, the Radio, and the Colors of Fascism
Adolf Hitler’s (Self-)Fashioning as a Genius: The Visual Politics of National Socialism’s Cult of Genius
The Grammar of Postrevolutionary Visual Politics: Comparing Presidential Stances of George Washington and Friedrich Ebert
Making the Invisible Visible: The Public Persona of Malcolm X
The New Face of American Anger: Internet Imagery and the Power of Contagious Feeling
Photographing American Indians: An Imaginary Exhibition
The “Other” Country in the City: Urban Space and the Politics of Visibility in American Social Documentary Photography
Taming the Teeming Masses: Visualizing Order at Ellis Island
Replacing the President: Cecil Stoughton’s “Lyndon B. Johnson Taking the Oath of Office" and the Iconography of U.S. American Presidential Inaugurations
Souvenirs from the Landscapes of Modernity: Richard Misrach, Camilo Vergara, and the Visual Politics of Ruin
The Trouble with Atrocity Photography in Gerhard Richter, Robert Morris and Alfredo Jaar, or, Art on the Brink of Failure
Must-See Sights: The Politics of Representing U.S.-American History
Body, Building, City, and Environment: Iconography in the Mexican Megalopolis
Aesthetics and Political Iconography of Money
Pictorial Cultures and Political Iconographies
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