Scopic Regimes

This chapter will be devoted to study ekphrasis, the literary description of artworks, starting from the methodological premises of contemporary Visual Culture that in recent years has involved scholars interested in redefining the boundaries of disciplines, such as art history, literary history, media studies and aesthetics. The “new object” emerging from this interwining of disciplines is the notion of “scopic regime”. Developed within film studies, the notion of scopic regime introduces an analysis of visual practices interpreted as the interplay among pictures, gazes and dispositives.