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Understanding pictures / Dominic Lopes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lopes, Dominic, author.
- Series:
- Oxford philosophical monographs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aesthetics.
- Pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 240 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford University Press 1996
- 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. Pictures as perceptual. 1. Representation and Resemblance
- 2. Depiction and Vision
- Part II. Pictures as symbols. 3. Goodman's Symbol Theory
- 4. Symbols and Substitutes
- 5. Pictorial Reference
- -Part III. Aspect recognition. 6. Pictorial Content
- 7. Pictorial Recognition
- 8. Pictorial Meaning
- 9. Pictorial Experience
- Part IV. Applications. 10. Fictive Pictures
- 11. Picturing Pictures.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786610755189
- 9781280755187
- 1280755180
- 9780191543999
- 0191543993
- 9781423770985
- 1423770986
- OCLC:
- 68622806
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