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Elucidates a syntax of visual language that sheds light on nonverbal language as a form of representation and communication. This book describes the evolution of this language in the visual arts as well as its multiple uses in contemporary media.

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" ... the details of Saint-Martin's argument contain a wealth of penetrating observations from which anyone with a serious interest in visual communication will profit." Journal of Communication

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

One The Basic Elements of Visual Language
Two The Visual Variables
Three Syntax of Visual Language
Four The Pictorial Basic Plane
Five Effects of Distance and Perspectives
Six The Grammar of Sculpture
Seven Semiotical Analysis

Appendix I
Appendix II
Appendix III
Appendix IV
References
Index

Semiotics of Visual Language

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 22/10/1990
      ISBN13: 9780253350572, 978-0253350572
      ISBN10: 0253350573

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Elucidates a syntax of visual language that sheds light on nonverbal language as a form of representation and communication. This book describes the evolution of this language in the visual arts as well as its multiple uses in contemporary media.

      Trade Review
      " ... the details of Saint-Martin's argument contain a wealth of penetrating observations from which anyone with a serious interest in visual communication will profit." Journal of Communication

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Acknowledgements

      One The Basic Elements of Visual Language
      Two The Visual Variables
      Three Syntax of Visual Language
      Four The Pictorial Basic Plane
      Five Effects of Distance and Perspectives
      Six The Grammar of Sculpture
      Seven Semiotical Analysis

      Appendix I
      Appendix II
      Appendix III
      Appendix IV
      References
      Index

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