Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes Icon. by Martin Kemp
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About the Book :
The stories of these icons--researched using the skills of a leading visual historian--are told in a vivid and personal manner. Some are funny; some are deeply moving; some are highly improbable; some center on popular fame; others are based on the most profound ideas in science. The diversity is extraordinary. Along the way, we encounter the often weird and wonderful ways that these images adapt to an astonishing variety of ways and contexts.
Informative, amusing, and surprising by turns, Christ to Coke will entertain and intrigue readers with the narratives that Martin Kemp skillfully weaves around these famous images.
Key Features :
All the main types of visual icon brought together and illuminated in one book - for the first time
Takes eleven supreme and mega-famous examples, from Christ to the Coke bottle, weaving a skilful and entertaining narrative around each one
Shows the often weird and wonderful ways in which these images have become transformed in an astonishing variety of contexts, from the Mona Lisa to the double helix of DNA
Addresses the fundamental conundrum of what it is that iconic images have in common
About the Author :
Martin Kemp is Emeritus Professor in the History of Art at Trinity College, Oxford. A renowned figure in the world of art, he is the author ofThe Oxford History of Western Artand Leonardo.
Features
- : Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes Icon. by Martin Kemp
- : Martin Kemp
- : Oxford University Press
- : 0199581118
- : 9780199581115
- : Hardcover
- : 352
- : English
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