Reading images : the grammar of visual design /

• Main Author: Kress, Gunther R. (συγγραφέας.)
• Other Authors: Van Leeuwen, Theo, 1947- (συγγραφέας.)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006
• Edition: 2nd edition.
• Subjects: Επικοινωνία στο σχέδιο

Review: "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...

Table of Contents:

• ntroduction: the grammar of visual design
• 1. The semiotic landscape: language and visual communication
• 2. Narrative representations: designing social action
• 3. Conceptual representations: designing social constructs
• 4. Representation and interaction: designing the position of the viewer
• 5. Modality: designing models of reality
• 6. The meaning of composition
• 7. The materiality of meaning: surface and inscription
• 8. The third dimension
• 9. Colourful thoughts (a postscript).