The approach to images as cultural documents of collective memory and instruments of social shaping builds a central theoretical component of cultural theories since its establishment as a critical discipline. Prominent thinkers of cultural studies and art history defined images as symbolic representations and expressions of cultural memories. The anthology covers this broad understanding of images as carriers of archival value, texts, and complex language; it elaborates on the fundamental role of images as a driving force of ideologies and cultural evolution. The book also includes Charles S. Peirce’s full manuscript On the Logic of drawing History from Ancient Documents especially from Testimonies, a genuine treatise on applied science as a universal method of incorporating knowledge across disciplines.

Elize Bisanz is Charles S. Peirce Interdisciplinary Endowed Professor, Chair and Director, Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism, Texas Tech University, is a specialist in Communication Science and Image Studies. Her research covers Art History, Cognitive Science, History of Culture, Mass and Digital Media. Stephanie Schneider is a PhD. candidate at Leuphana University, Lüneburg and a Research Assistant at Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism, TexasTech University. She is curator of the Krois-Peirce Collection and specializes in Image Studies, Digital Media, Charles S. Peirce and Experience.