This thought-provoking and original book argues that hyperimages-calculated displays of images on walls or pages-have played a major role in the history of art.

In exhibitions, illustrated art books, and classrooms, artworks or their photographic reproductions are arranged as calculated ensembles--or hyperimages. In this thought-provoking and original book, Felix Thürlemann argues that these groupings of images have played a major role in the history of art.