Wat kunstgeschiedenis ons vertelt over sociale media

Wat heeft de Heilige Drievuldigheid te maken met sociale media? Waarom zijn we zo dol op kleurenfilters? Wat maakt hashtags zo krachtig? En waarom beleven we digitale beelden anders dan analoge?

In Instagrammable – Kunst, beeld en sociale media duikt Koenraad Jonckheere diep in de verrassende verbanden tussen 2.500 jaar Europese kunstgeschiedenis en onze moderne beeldcultuur op sociale media. Hij onthult hoe eeuwenoude ideeën over observ...

Discover the dynamic connection between art history and social media

How are the Holy Trinity and social media related? Why do we love colour filters so much? What makes hashtags so powerful? And why do we experience digital images so differently from their analogue counterparts?

In Instagrammable – What Art Tells Us About Social Media, Koenraad Jonckheere delves into the surprising similarities between 2,500 years of European art history and our modern image culture on social media. He rev...

– Antonio Muñoz Molina, El País

"This wonderful and wise book made me look at the artwork without intimidation or any confusion. It is a great pleasure to be guided by the experienced eye of Alejandro Vergara."

— Olga Tokarczuk, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

Throughout history, human beings have excelled at creating art of the highest quality. Aristotle wrote that Homer “surpassed all others” while Pliny the Elder referred to “masterpieces that we never tire of admiring�...