Abstract
The burgeoning field of interdisciplinary image studies is compelling art history to reevaluate its boundaries. Images that exist as formulas or subject programs circulating without a medium require an iconological reading to decipher their symbolism, while the images with a physical presence necessitate insights from media studies are needed to understand their stylistic and technical aspects. Each act of viewing demands that the viewer's embodied experience with the images be considered through anthropological or metapsychological lenses. By embracing multiple methodologies, art history can facilitate a deeper engagement with images. This approach would not seek to intellectualize the images or exhaust their full translatability but rather to make sense of their signs, signals, and sensible markers in order to grasp the infinite potentialities that images can offer.
Keywords
image, medium, signify, express, view
First Page
72
Last Page
82
Recommended Citation
Xin, Gao. 2024. "The Intelligible and Sensible Image." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 44, (4): pp.72-82. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol44/iss4/9
