Instagrammable: What art tells us about social media

Author:  Koenraad Jonckheere

Format: Hardcover | 304 pages

Dimensions: 6.69 x 1.05 x 9.06 inches

Publication date: November 8, 2024

Koenraad Jonckheere's Instagrammable explores the paradox of seeing in digital images, drawing on 2,500 years of art history to examine trust and influence

What is the relationship between the Holy Trinity and social media? How do hashtags influence us? Why are we so inclined to use filters? Why do we treat digital images differently than analogue ones? Art history offers a beginning of answers.

Instagrammable explores the paradox of looking without seeing and seeing without looking. Koenraad Jonckheere examines trust in and distrust of images, drawing on 2,500 years of thinking about visual art. In eleven chapters, he examines the world of digital images through numerous intriguing examples from art history.