What does it mean to be visually literate? Does it mean different things in thearts and the sciences? or in the developed West and in Asia or in developingnatio... » 

What does it mean to be visually literate? Does it mean different things in thearts and the sciences? or in the developed West and in Asia or in developingnations? If we all need to become visually literate what does that mean inpractical terms? This groundbreaking collection brings together the work ofmajor visual studies critics including W.J.T. Mitchell Barbara StaffordJonathan Crary and James Elkins to explore what impact the new concept ofvisual literacy will have on the traditional field of art history. «