{"product_id":"visual-ignorance-seeing-meaning-in-a-world-of-images-that-has-left-us-blind-paperback","title":"Visual Ignorance: Seeing Meaning in a World of Images That Has Left Us Blind - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdward Rozzo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are the most visually saturated society in history, and arguably the least visually literate. \u003cem\u003eVisual Ignorance\u003c\/em\u003e argues that our capacity for genuine visual understanding (the kind our ancestors brought to a cave wall or a woven pattern) has been steadily hollowed out, even as the sheer volume of images around us has exploded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book traces this transition as a historical arc: from prehistoric symbolic marks on stone, weaving and pottery, through the rise of portraiture and photography, into the image-saturated worlds of advertising, consumer culture, and social media. Along the way, it asks a deceptively simple question: what does it actually mean to \u003cem\u003esee\u003c\/em\u003e something, rather than merely look at it? This book shows how each new image technology has changed the answer, usually at a cost we rarely notice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the book educates the reader on how to use semiotics and iconology in order to understand any image, anywhere. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a companionable, easy to read voice \u003cem\u003eVisual Ignorance\u003c\/em\u003e is both a diagnosis and a toolkit. Its second half hands readers concrete ways to read the images that surround them: advertisements, family photographs, museum paintings, and the pictures they scroll past a hundred times a day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of the \u003cem\u003ePractical Guides for Decoding Meaning in Daily Life\u003c\/em\u003e series from Meaning Works. Richly illustrated, full color throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 178\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 8 x 8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 14, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50526475124933,"sku":"9791298633117","price":77.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/71BSzaz3K29791298633117.webp?v=1790200370","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/visual-ignorance-seeing-meaning-in-a-world-of-images-that-has-left-us-blind-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}