TY - BOOK AU - Kress,Gunther R. AU - Van Leeuwen,Theo TI - Reading images: the grammar of visual design SN - 0415319145 (hbk) AV - NK1510 .K64 2006 U1 - 701 22 PY - 2006/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Communication in design N1 - 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) N2 - "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 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip067/2006002242.html ER -