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Examining the kinds of visual and cultural skills viewers need to have to understand pictures, the author explains why pictures can be understood outwith their cultural and historical context, as well as how visual images can convey messages other forms of media cannot.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lopes, Dominic
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Clarendon, 2006.
Subjects:
Aesthetics.
Pictures.
Illustrations, images, etc.
illustrations (layout features)
Aesthetics
Pictures
Estètica.
Imatge (Filosofia)
Pintura.
Electronic books.
Images.
Llibres electrònics.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Examining the kinds of visual and cultural skills viewers need to have to understand pictures, the author explains why pictures can be understood outwith their cultural and historical context, as well as how visual images can convey messages other forms of media cannot.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 240 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-234) and index.
ISBN:9780191699566
019169956X
9786610755189
6610755183