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Appreciation post : towards an art history of Instagram
- Title
- Appreciation post : towards an art history of Instagram / Tara Ward.
- Author
- Ward, Tara, 1977-
- Publication
- Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2024]
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Details
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : Insta-duction -- Compare and contrast : Instagram and art history -- I glanced at it -- Basic -- Other, but make it attractive -- Sneaker connoisseurs -- 5G genius -- Conclusion : spending time on Instagram.
- Call Number
- JQE 25-493
- ISBN
- 9780520398764
- 0520398769
- 9780520398771
- 0520398777
- LCCN
- 2023038204
- OCLC
- 1405188440
- Author
- Ward, Tara, 1977- author.
- Title
- Appreciation post : towards an art history of Instagram / Tara Ward.
- Publisher
- Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2024]
- Description
- 312 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Summary
- "What does an art history of Instagram look like? In this text Tara Ward addresses this question to show that Instagram is best understood as a structure of the visual, which includes not just the process of looking, but what can be seen and by whom. Tracing the platform's own mythology for how it will be integrated into users' lives, Appreciation Post highlights the ways the constraints imposed by the experience of viewing limit the kinds of selves that can be presented on it, showing how the proliferation of technical knowledge, especially amongst younger women, has produced a revitalization of the myth of the masculine genius and a corresponding reinvigoration of masculine audience for art. Ward prompts contemplation of the meaning of various aspects of Instagram and the deliberate choices on the part of actual Instagrammers: exploring what it is like to scroll through images on a phone, the skill involved in taking an 'Instagram worthy' picture, and the desires created by following influencers. This approach reveals how Instagram is shifting long-established ways of interacting with images and makes an argument for art history's value as a way of understanding the contemporary world and the visual nature of identity today"-- Provided by publisher.
- Research Call Number
- JQE 25-493