The Main Lines of Development of Image Theory:From Plato to Marxism
The discussion of vision and images in Plato's"Metaphor of the Cave"is generally regarded as the origin of modern im-age theory.However,the Western tradition of visual centrism that it initiated has limited the breadth and depth of image research.Espe-cially in the face of the new problems of images in the early 20th century,the traditional image theory could not respond effectively.Based on this,a group of scholars introduced cultural industry criticism,ideology and popular culture research into image research,form-ing a new theoretical dimension for understanding image problems from the perspective of practice.Unlike the tendency to understand im-ages as private,metaphysical and immaterial entities,Marxist image theory aims to reveal the historicity,reality and revolutionary nature of images through a more comprehensive perspective of cultural industrial critique,ideological theory and cultural research.
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