Reading images : the grammar of visual design
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R013303 Ned. Fotomuseum $T KRESS.G 1996
TitleReading images : the grammar of visual design
Author
PublisherRoutledge
Year of publication1996
Paginationx, 288 p. :
IllustrationsZwart-Wit en kleur
Dimensions26 x 18 cm.
MaterialTekstboek
Document TypeBook
ISBN04151059940415106001
Bibliographic Notespb; Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-280) and index.
Abstract
Book Description: /
"Reading Images" provides the first systematic and comprehensive account of the grammar of visual design. By looking at the formal elements and structures of design - colour, perspective, framing and composition - Günther Kress and Theo van Leeuwen examine the ways in which images communicate meaning.
Drawing on an enormous range of examples - children's drawings, textbook illustrations, photojournalism, advertising images and fine art, as well as three-dimensional forms such as sculpture and architecture - the authors demonstrate the differences and the similarities between the grammar of language and that of visual communication.
As we move from a culture dominated by language to one in which visual literacy becomes increasingly important, this book provides an invaluable 'tool-kit' for reading images. It will be an essential text for anyone interested in communication, the media and the arts."
"Reading Images" provides the first systematic and comprehensive account of the grammar of visual design. By looking at the formal elements and structures of design - colour, perspective, framing and composition - Günther Kress and Theo van Leeuwen examine the ways in which images communicate meaning.
Drawing on an enormous range of examples - children's drawings, textbook illustrations, photojournalism, advertising images and fine art, as well as three-dimensional forms such as sculpture and architecture - the authors demonstrate the differences and the similarities between the grammar of language and that of visual communication.
As we move from a culture dominated by language to one in which visual literacy becomes increasingly important, this book provides an invaluable 'tool-kit' for reading images. It will be an essential text for anyone interested in communication, the media and the arts."
| Copy number | R013303 |
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| Shelf mark | $T KRESS.G 1996 |