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On January 6, 2021, supporters of the outgoing President Donald Trump occupied the Capitol in Washington. The much-discussed crisis of democracy suddenly had its symbol, thanks to the images that went around the world in real time. But what exactly did they show and what did we see? Charlotte Klonk examines some of the images that circulated and designations that eyewitnesses and commentators have suggested, from storm to coup to terrorism. S...

This book illuminates the role that images of terror haveplayed up to the present day. The author analyses visualstrategies, places them in their historical context, and answers pressingquestions around the ethical treatment of images of terrorism. It provides avital insight into our age old morbid fascination with terrorism.

Die Propagandavideos der IS-Kämpfer sind nichts Neues. Im Gegenteil, Terroristen haben sich schon immer der Bilder bedient, um ihre Anliegen medial zu verbreiten - und ebenso ihr Feind, der Staat. Charlotte Klonk zeigt in ihrer Studie >Terror. Wenn Bilder zu Waffen werden<, welche Rolle die Bilder des Terrors seit dem 19. Jahrhundert bis in unsere unmittelbare Gegenwart spielen. In konkreten Falluntersuchungen und mit kunsthistorisch geschulte...

New laboratory buildings are currently being planned all around the world. Are they different from or even better than their predecessors? To answer this question, the authors of this book have journeyed into the past and present of laboratory architecture and found a remarkable variety of approaches with regard to both the functional relation of spaces and the symbolic value of the façade.