A collection of original articles that explore social aspects of the phenomenon of icon. Having experienced the benefits & realized the limitations of so called 'linguistic turn', sociology has recently acknowledged a need to further expand its horizons. ...

Features eleven articles on general & specific problems pertaining to the semiotic concept of iconicity. This book contains articles which outline a number of contexts & perspectives urgent to a contemporary study of iconicity & its relevance for the theory & analysis of signification. ...

No organization can survive without iconoclasts
- innovators who single-handedly upturn conventional wisdom & manage to achieve
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[ Mitchell] undertakes to explore the nature of images by comparing them with words, or, more precisely, by looking at them from the viewpoint of verbal language.... The most lucid exposition of the subject I have ever read.--Rudolf Arnheim, Times Literary Supplement ...

Looks at icons in the context of the history of Christianity, examining various aspects of the production & power of this distinctive art form. Through colour illustrations, this book investigates their subject matter, showing how scenes can be identified, how the iconography developed over the centuries, & the role of portraiture. ...

Three-volume set tracing iconic figures from the past. ' Elvis Presley: The boy, the man, the King' traces the singer's early years, &

Includes:: early footage of ' The King' in action. ' Marilyn' charts Norma Jeane Baker's meteoric rise to fame after being photographed by army photographer David Conover, while ' The Story of James Dean' follows the doomed actor's tragically short life, from his early childhood in Indiana, up to the making of his breakthrough film ' Rebel Without a Cause' (1955).

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Covers one-&-a-half millennia of Christian imagery &

Includes:: descriptions of selected masterpieces. This

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