Imaging the French Revolution

Imaging the French Revolution Discussion

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

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Extended Discussion

1. Are images vital sources of historical knowledge that have been insufficiently exploited?

2. What are the advantages/deficits of visual mediation of events and concepts in this period? (more)

3. Can imagery be addressed in new ways with on-line methods? (more)

4. Is there anything left to discover about the crowd in the French Revolution? (more)

5. How would our analysis change if we knew more about the date, engravers, designers, producers, merchants and distribution of the images in question? (more)

6. What difference does in make that we know the “author” of one print and not another, given that “authorship” is a somewhat vexed notion in regard to print making? (more)

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