Language In The Visual Arts

Author : Leslie Ross
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476616254

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Language in the Visual Arts by Leslie Ross Pdf

This book discusses text and image relationships in the history of art from ancient times to the contemporary period across a diversity of cultures and geographic areas. Focusing on the use of words in art and words as art forms, thematic chapters include "Pictures in Words/Words in Pictures," "Word/Picture Puzzles," "Picture/Word Puzzles," "Words as Images," "The Power of the Word," and "Monumental and Moving Words." Chapter subsections further explore cross-cultural themes. Examining text and image relationships from the obvious to the elusive, the puzzling to the profound, the minor to the major, the book demonstrates the diverse ways in which images and writing have been combined through the ages, and explores the interplay between visual and written communication in a wide range of thought-provoking examples. A color insert is included. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : David Cohen,Scott Anderson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781350240575

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A Visual Language by David Cohen,Scott Anderson Pdf

This revised, second edition develops the creative principles established in the first edition, building particularly on three-dimensional forms, featuring a large number of new images.

Author : Carol Eckert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 1465240098

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Conversing in Art by Carol Eckert Pdf

Comprehensive and concise introductory level art text.

Author : Michael O'Toole
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Art
ISBN : 0838636047

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The Language of Displayed Art by Michael O'Toole Pdf

Drawing on his background as a linguist, O'Toole analyses in detail a number of major works of art to show how the semiotic approach relates a work's immediate impact to other aspects of our response to it: to the scene portrayed, to the social, intellectual and economic world within which the artist and his or her patrons worked, and to our own world. It further provides ways of talking about and interrelating aspects of composition, technique and the material qualities of the work.

Author : Salim Kemal,Ivan Gaskell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521445981

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The Language of Art History by Salim Kemal,Ivan Gaskell Pdf

The first volume in the series Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and the Arts offers a range of responses by distinguished philosophers and art historians to some crucial issues generated by the relationship between the art object and language in art history. Each of the chapters in this volume is a searching response to theoretical and practical questions in terms accessible to readers of all human science disciplines. The editors, one a philosopher and one an art historian, provide an introductory chapter which outlines the themes of the volume and explicates the terms in which they are discussed. The contributors open new avenues of enquiry involving concepts of 'presence', 'projective properties', visual conventions and syntax, and the appropriateness of figurative language in accounting for visual art. The issues they discuss will challenge the boundaries to thought that some contemporary theorising sustains.

Author : Leslie Ross
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786467952

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Language in the Visual Arts by Leslie Ross Pdf

This book discusses text and image relationships in the history of art from ancient times to the contemporary period across a diversity of cultures and geographic areas. Focusing on the use of words in art and words as art forms, thematic chapters include "Pictures in Words/Words in Pictures," "Word/Picture Puzzles," "Picture/Word Puzzles," "Words as Images," "The Power of the Word," and "Monumental and Moving Words." Chapter subsections further explore cross-cultural themes. Examining text and image relationships from the obvious to the elusive, the puzzling to the profound, the minor to the major, the book demonstrates the diverse ways in which images and writing have been combined through the ages, and explores the interplay between visual and written communication in a wide range of thought-provoking examples. A color insert is included. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Carol A. Eckert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Art
ISBN : OCLC:1288387419

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Conversing in Art by Carol A. Eckert Pdf

"Conversing in Art: Learning the Language of the Visual Arts is an introductory-level art text for college students and others interested in developing their knowledge of art and improving their ability to see, understand, and discuss art by using the language of the visual arts."--Preface.

Author : Connie Malamed
Publisher : Rockport Pub
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781592537419

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Visual Language for Designers by Connie Malamed Pdf

Within every picture is a hidden language that conveys a message, whether it is intended or not. This language is based on the ways people perceive and process visual information. By understanding visual language as the interface between a graphic and a viewer, designers and illustrators can learn to inform with accuracy and power. In a time of unprecedented competition for audience attention and with an increasing demand for complex graphics, Visual Language for Designers explains how to achieve quick and effective communications. New in paperback, this book presents ways to design for the strengths of our innate mental capacities and to compensate for our cognitive limitations. Visual Language for Designers includes: —How to organize graphics for quick perception —How to direct the eyes to essential information —How to use visual shorthand for efficient communication —How to make abstract ideas concrete —How to best express visual complexity —How to charge a graphic with energy and emotion

Author : Fernande Saint-Martin
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1990-10-22
Category : Literary Criticism & Collections
ISBN : 0253112699

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Semiotics of Visual Language by Fernande Saint-Martin Pdf

"... 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 Saint-Martin elucidates a syntax of visual language that sheds new light on nonverbal language as a form of representation and communication. She describes the evolution of this language in the visual arts as well as its multiple uses in contemporary media. The result is a completely new approach for scholars and practitioners of the visual arts eager to decode the many forms of visual communication.

Author : Jack Fredrick Myers
Publisher : Holt McDougal
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UIUC:30112056274225

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The Language of Visual Art by Jack Fredrick Myers Pdf

Author : Van James
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : 0945803885

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The Secret Language of Form by Van James Pdf

In drawing attention to the fundamental elements of form inherent in all graphic and sculptural art, Van James opens our eyes to the alphabet of the language of form. Through the simplest of indications, we find ourselves able to read the meaning of works of art from other cultures and times. We begin to know these cultures and peoples in ways we could not know through oral and written language alone. Likewise, we can begin to read the language that Mother Nature speaks through the form of every created object and being. We can join those on the cutting edge of a new science that investigates the spiritual forces at work within physical phenomena through exact perception of qualities of form. For everyone who is fascinated by nature, art, and life in different cultures.

Author : Nelson Goodman
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1976-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0915144344

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Languages of Art by Nelson Goodman Pdf

"Like Dewey, he has revolted against the empiricist dogma and the Kantian dualisms which have compartmentalized philosophical thought. . . . Unlike Dewey, he has provided detailed incisive argumentation, and has shown just where the dogmas and dualisms break down." --Richard Rorty, The Yale Review

Author : James Lancel McElhinney,Instructors of Instructors of the Arts Students League of New York
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 1402768486

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The Visual Language of Drawing by James Lancel McElhinney,Instructors of Instructors of the Arts Students League of New York Pdf

Featuring the insights of 15 current and former Art Students League instructors, this stunning volume reassesses the art of drawing not as a technique, but as the essential grammar of all visual thinking. In an illuminating introductory essay, James Lancel McElhinney punctures the myth that learning to draw is something for experts only, and presents methods for making, appreciating, and teaching drawing. The 15 contributors then offer a broad range of stylistic approaches and methodologies, accompanied by examples of their own and their students' artwork. A final section of basic exercises, along with information on materials, techniques, and resources, completes this inspirational study.

Author : Keith Micklewright
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 1856694607

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Drawing by Keith Micklewright Pdf

Contrary to assumptions that drawing is a gift that cannot be learned, this book demonstrates that it is a highly teachable skill. As well as instructing the student how to draw, the book also serves as a visual handbook for artists and designers who need to express ideas through drawing. Each chapter addresses a key topic in drawing method and theory in order to improve technique and understanding. Issues such as perspective and the manipulation of tones and marks to make 3-D forms are tackled in a simple and direct way, with a wealth of drawings by the great masters of the medium, in addition to diagrams and tables. Each section also offers ways for the student to put into practice the ideas and concepts discussed. These 'Ideas to Explore' range from practical exercises in drawing to the selection of drawing surfaces (such as paper) and subjects to discovering ways of thinking.

Author : Alois Riegl
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781890951467

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Historical Grammar of the Visual Arts by Alois Riegl Pdf

A to is Riegl (1858-1905) was one of the greatest modern art historians. The most important member of the so-called "Vienna School," Riegl developed a highly refined technique of visual or formal analysis, as opposed to the iconological method with its emphasis on decoding motifs through recourse to texts. Riegl also pioneered understanding of the changing role of the viewer, the significance of non-high art objects or what would now be called visual or material culture, and theories of art and art history, including his much-debated neologism Kunstwollen (the will of art). At last, his Historical Grammar of the Visual Arts, which brings together the diverse threads of his thought, is available to an English-language audience, in a superlative translation by Jacqueline E. Jung. In one of the earliest and perhaps the most brilliant of all art historical "surveys," Riegl addresses the different visual arts within a sweeping conception of the history of culture. His account derives, from Hegelian models but decisively opens onto alternative pathways that continue to complicate attempts to reduce art merely to the artist's intentions or its social and historical functions. Book jacket.