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How does a sign represent something other than itself? How do we understand the meaning of a written symbol? Can clothes be a sign? Can sounds?

Signs and symbols represent ideas and objects and, over time, these marks and gestures have multiplied into a complex network of images. This handy pocket-book combines scholarship, documentary evidence and fantastic illustrations to provide the story of how we have interacted with signs and symbols across the ages.

Signs, Symbols and Ciphers: Decoding the Message

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    Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
    Publication Date: 18/01/1999
    ISBN13: 9780500300879, 978-0500300879
    ISBN10: 0500300879

    Number of Pages: 208

    Non Fiction , Art & Photography

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    How does a sign represent something other than itself? How do we understand the meaning of a written symbol? Can clothes be a sign? Can sounds?

    Signs and symbols represent ideas and objects and, over time, these marks and gestures have multiplied into a complex network of images. This handy pocket-book combines scholarship, documentary evidence and fantastic illustrations to provide the story of how we have interacted with signs and symbols across the ages.

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