LibGuides: AMES 49S: Film and Visual Culture: Visual Resources

Visual Studies in General

Our art librarian, Lee Sorensen, has a wonderful page on visual studies, please consult it and Lee for questions regarding this topic.

Lee Sorensen also has a page on History of Photography, please consult it and Lee for questions regrading this topic.

Nasher Museum: How do you look http://nasher.duke.edu/howdoyoulook/

Duke Digital Collections have images from Duke's special collections.

Image Research on China

Chinese Art and Image research guide

Finding printed images on China in the library

Chinese Art resources online

Photographs on China resources online

Duke's digital collection: Sidney D. Gamble Photographs has approximately 5000 photographs, primarily of China, 1917-1932

Visual Literacy Initiative at Duke

Pictures ("visual information") require the same critical judgment as written text. Just as some texts don't tell the truth--intentionally or unintentionally--the same is true with images. Like other forms of information, images can be accurate quotations or careless paraphrases. It's necessary, then, for students and scholars to approach the images they use in their research and writing with the same apparatus they do for texts.

Curious? Visit the Visual Literacy LibGuide for more...