Kress, Gunther R.
Reading images : the grammar of visual design / Gunther Kress and Theo van Leeuwen. - 2nd ed. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2006. - xv, 291 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-286) and index.
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).
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
0415319145 (hbk) 9780415319140 (hbk) 0415319153 (pbk.) 9780415319157 (pbk.) 0203619722 (e-book) 9780203619728 (e-book)
2006002242
Communication in design.
NK1510 / .K64 2006
701
Reading images : the grammar of visual design / Gunther Kress and Theo van Leeuwen. - 2nd ed. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2006. - xv, 291 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-286) and index.
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).
"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."--BOOK JACKET.
0415319145 (hbk) 9780415319140 (hbk) 0415319153 (pbk.) 9780415319157 (pbk.) 0203619722 (e-book) 9780203619728 (e-book)
2006002242
Communication in design.
NK1510 / .K64 2006
701