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unusual facts about Visual Media



Martina Pippal

Martina Pippal's scholarly approach to the History of Visual Media is strongly relying on the methodology of cultural studies combined with iconology, and stylistic analysis in the tradition of the Vienna School of Art History.


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1989 in art

Bill Gates founds Corbis Corporation as Interactive Home Systems to license rights to visual media for digital display.

Abbeydale Picture House

In 2003 the Friends of Abbeydale Picture House—boasting patrons including Michael Palin, Peter Stringfellow and the John Lewis Partnership—was formed to "restore and manage the 'Picture Palace' as a community centre for the performing arts and visual media."

Digital download

Digital distribution, a method of downloading software or audio-visual media as opposed to buying it at a traditional point of sale

Fitzrovia News

Like many hyperlocal media the Fitzrovia News makes extensive use of freely available digital media: blog software Wordpress and social media Twitter, Facebook; location-based social-networking Foursquare; and visual media Flickr and YouTube.

HD View

Developed by Microsoft Research's Interactive Visual Media group, HD View uses current graphics hardware to provide smooth panning and zooming of images and to handle the transformation of a panoramic image back into the appearance of a natural 3D illusion.

Sean David Morton

Between 1985 and 1996 Morton worked in visual media, releasing documentaries on subjects including the Chupacabra and Bigfoot.

Shrek: Music from the Original Motion Picture

The album was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music (lost to the score of Moulin Rouge!) and the Grammy Award for "Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" (lost to the score of O Brother, Where Art Thou?).

Visual literacy

The graphic novel Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud discusses the history of narrative in visual media.