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HISTORIA VISUAL

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La historia visual es el estudio de la representación y el significado de imágenes en contextos históricos. Se centra en cómo las imágenes, ya sean artísticas, fotográficas o mediáticas, influyen en la comprensión del pasado y en la construcción de narrativas históricas.
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La historia visual es el estudio de la representación y el significado de imágenes en contextos históricos. Se centra en cómo las imágenes, ya sean artísticas, fotográficas o mediáticas, influyen en la comprensión del pasado y en la construcción de narrativas históricas.

Key research themes

1. How can digital and scientific imaging technologies transform the analysis and interpretation of historical visual artifacts?

This research area investigates the application of advanced imaging methods such as radiography, multispectral analysis, photonic and X-ray fluorescence scanning to historical artworks and artifacts. It focuses on uncovering hidden visual details, authenticating works, reconstructing original appearances, and offering new layers of historical and cultural understanding. The rise of digital technologies also enables broader access and detailed examination beyond traditional constraints, reshaping methodologies in art history and visual studies.

Key finding: This study highlights how cutting-edge imaging technologies, including multispectral analyses, terahertz imaging, and macro X-ray fluorescence, reveal previously unseen features in Renaissance masterpieces such as Leonardo da... Read more
Key finding: This paper uses complementary analytical methods (pXRF, FTIR, SEM/EDS) and stratigraphic sequencing to identify pigments and their chronological application on a Roman Distance Sculpture relocated to a Renaissance Scottish... Read more
Key finding: The Malach Center for Visual History demonstrates how digital infrastructures facilitate access, processing, and interdisciplinary research on large oral and visual history archives. The center integrates computational... Read more

2. What role does visual culture play in shaping historical consciousness and historiography?

This theme explores how images, visual representations, and material culture do not merely illustrate historical narratives but actively construct and influence historical understanding, memory, and identity. It interrogates the visual turn in historiography, critiques traditional text-centric approaches, and advocates for acknowledging the agency and historicity of the visual. It also examines the political, social, and epistemological dimensions of images in producing historical meaning.

Key finding: The article analyzes Benjamin West's 'The Death of General Wolfe' as a revolutionary historical painting that redefined both representation and historical consciousness. By portraying the event with contemporary dress and... Read more
Key finding: This work critiques the tendency of historians to treat visual sources as mere illustrations and emphasizes the need for nuanced interpretation of visuality as constitutive of historical sentiments and experiences. It... Read more
Key finding: This paper traces the evolution of visual history as a transdisciplinary field that treats images beyond pictorial content to understand their historicity and visual practices. It situates visual history within the broader... Read more
Key finding: The chapter situates visual culture within the genealogy of art history and social sciences, emphasizing visual culture as a continuum linking aesthetics, social facts, and epistemological frameworks. It illustrates how... Read more

3. How can interactive and augmented reality technologies enhance historical visual storytelling and educational engagement?

This research area focuses on employing augmented reality (AR) and interactive digital platforms to merge historical visual icons with contemporary environments. It investigates how AR systems enable users to compose messages and narratives through layers of historical icons superimposed on real-world scenes, thus bridging temporal gaps and fostering personalized, immersive experiences of history. This has implications for public history, heritage interpretation, and innovative educational methodologies.

Key finding: The paper presents an augmented reality system allowing users to overlay diverse historical icons onto real-world scenes via smartphones. Users interactively compose messages using old and modern icons, thereby overcoming... Read more
Key finding: This essay traces the emergence of visual poetry as an art form synthesizing verbal and visual codes, highlighting its capacity to express layered meanings bridging history and biography. It emphasizes the potential of hybrid... Read more

All papers in HISTORIA VISUAL

En un momento en el que la denominada "descolonización de los museos" se ha posicionado en el centro de los debates culturales, museísticos y patrimoniales, la editorial Catarata publica esta investigación de Miguel Ángel Puig-Samper... more
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En este libro se da un repaso a la cultura visual de la localidad alpujarreña de Laujar de Andarax, al igual que a diferentes aspectos de su historia. Sobre la base de las fotografías de Gabriel Montes, Valeriano Sánchez realiza... more
La presente comunicación pretende difundir y compartir la experiencia y los problemas y debates generados en torno al proceso de conformación de un archivo oral y visual. Problemas, límites y alcances, originados en interrogantes y... more
A cultura visual como campo de saber se consolida na década de 1990, trazendo um debate sobre a materialidade e a virtualidade da imagem e dos artefatos visuais em suas práticas e recepções, reapropriações e inter-relações, bem como seus... more
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A partir del estudio de una serie de imágenes de diversa índole, proponemos analizar los vínculos entre una ciudad y un cerro atendiendo al modo de ver panorámico y sus derivas visuales a lo largo del siglo XIX. Esto nos permite... more
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