The first Polish translation of the Image Acts, written by Horst Bredekamp, professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin, an art historian specialising in the theory of the image, political iconology and scientific imagery.
In the publication, illustrated with about two hundred reproductions of artworks and iconographic sources, the author defines the impact of the image on human feelings, thinking and actions. He offers the reader a reflection on how the recipient's self-perspective transforms itself into an interaction between the recipient himself and the world that meets him. This process, according to the author, occurs in three dimensions: schematic – as a result of imitation of gestures, poses and image formulas, substitutive – as an exchange between the image and the body, and autonomous – as the inner force of the influence of the form itself.
Translation: Malgorzata Slabicka-Turpeinen
Epilogue: Paweł Mośicki
Research editor: Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska
