Reading images : the grammar of visual design
by
 
Kress, Gunther R.

Title
: 
Reading images : the grammar of visual design

Author
: 
Kress, Gunther R.

ISBN
: 
9780415319140
 
9780415319157

Personal Author
: 
Kress, Gunther R.

Edition
: 
2nd ed.

Publication Information
: 
London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Physical Description
: 
xv, 291 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Contents
: 
The semiotic landscape: language and visual communication -- Narrative representations: designing social action -- Conceptual representations: designing social constructs -- Representation and interaction: designing the position of the viewer -- Modality: designing models of reality -- The meaning of composition -- Materiality and meaning -- The third dimension -- Colourful thoughts (a postscript).

Abstract
: 
"Reading Images focuses on the structures or 'grammar' of visual design - colour, perspective, framing and composition - and provides the reader with an invaluable 'tool-kit' for reading images, which makes it a must for anyone interested in communication, the media and the arts."--Jacket.

Subject Term
: 
Communication in design.
 
Communication en design.
 
Arts graphiques.
 
Communication in design. (OCoLC)fst00870127
 
Beeldcommunicatie.
 
Vormgeving.
 
Semiotiek.
 
Bild. (DE-588)4006568-6
 
Semiotik. (DE-588)4054498-9
 
Visuelle Kommunikation. (DE-588)4131112-7
 
Gebrauchsgraphik. (DE-588)4019558-2
 
Design. (DE-588)4011510-0
 
Bildwissenschaft. (DE-588)4783825-5

Added Author
: 
Van Leeuwen, Theo, 1947-

Electronic Access
: 
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip067/2006002242.html


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