Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface: Figures and Grounds xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. PART ONE: FIGURES
7. 1. Art History on the Edge: Iconology, Media, and Visual Culture 1
8. 2. Four Fundamental Concepts of Image Science 13
9. 3. Image Science 23
10. 4. Image X Text 39
11. 5. Realism and the Digital Image 49
12. 6. Migrating Images: Totemism, Fetishism, Idolatry 65
13. 7. The Future of the Image: Rancière’s Road Not Taken 79
14. 8. World Pictures: Globalization and Visual Culture 93
15. PART TWO: GROUNDS
16. 9. Media Aesthetics 111
17. 10. There Are No Visual Media 125
18. 11. Back to the Drawing Board: Architecture, Sculpture, and the Digital Image 137
19. 12. Foundational Sites and Occupied Spaces 153
20. 13. Border Wars: Translation and Convergence in Politics and Media 167
21. 14. Art X Environment 181
22. 15. The Historical Uncanny: Phantoms, Doubles, and Repetition in the War on Terror 195
23. 16. The Spectacle Today: A Response to Retort 207
24. Coda: For a Sweet Science of Images 219
25. Index 227