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041 _aeng
043 _aen_UK
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_b.A76 2020
100 _aArmitage, John
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_eauthor
245 0 _aLuxury and visual culture
_c/ John Armitage.
260 _aLondon ; New York, NY :
_bBloomsbury Visual Arts,
_c2020.
300 _avii, 238 pages : illustrations, portraits (black and white) ; 24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 219-226) and index.
505 _aIntroduction — Visual Culture — Luxury and Visual Culture — Luxury and Fashion — Luxury and Art — Luxury and Photography — Luxury and Cinema — Luxury and Television — Luxury and Social Media — Conclusion — References— Index.
520 _aFrom couture fashion to opulent perfumes and decadent food, the luxury goods and services industry has grown at an unprecedented rate even in the context of a global recession. But in contemporary digital culture does luxury still reside in material things, or rather the look of things? In this first study of luxury through the lens of visual culture, Armitage argues that luxury is undergoing a shift from material culture to the immaterial culture of the visual, offering new forms of luxury engagement and unparalleled levels of pleasure never before offered to the senses. Calling for a new understanding of luxury in the changing visual landscape of contemporary society, Luxury and Visual Culture embraces an extraordinary range of cultural forms, including fashion, photography, social media, television, and art. From the masterpieces of Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons, to Richard Avedon's photography and Louis Vuitton's Flagship stores, the book explores key issues of globalization, digitization, consumer identity, "mass" luxury, and the role of art. This text is ideal for all students of contemporary luxury studies, as well as scholars and researchers in the field of visual culture.
650 0 _aLuxury
_xSocial aspects
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650 _aArt and society
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650 0 _aConsumption (Economics)
_99134
650 0 _aMaterial culture
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