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1. Are images vital sources of historical knowledge that have been insufficiently exploited?
 
images as sources Lynn Hunt, 5-31-03, 5:48 PM
RE: images as sources Wayne Hanley, 6-6-03, 9:29 AM
RE: Images as Sources (June 22, 2003) Barbara Day-Hickman, 6-22-03, 4:40 PM
reading images Lynn Hunt, 6-23-03, 10:44 PM
historical knowledge Vivian Cameron, 7-5-03,
5:15 PM
Some belated comments Warren Roberts, 7-9-03,
10:53 AM
A postscript Warren Roberts 7-9-03, 11:28 AM
More on images as sources Joan B. Landes, 7-12-03,
2:33 PM
RE: More on images as sources Vivian Cameron
7-26-03, 4:22 PM

Subject: reading images
Posted By: Lynn Hunt
Date Posted: 6-23-03, 10:44 PM

Wayne and Barbara raise a crucial question which we could collectively discuss more deeply; how do you discern the “message” of a visual image, especially if there is no explicit evidence in textual sources? This is one of the key reasons why most historians avoid visual evidence. Even art historians, after all, use textual evidence as keys to unlocking the meaning of visual expressions. Our problem here is the anonymity of much revolutionary print-making.
 
 
 
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