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The Language of Displayed Art
Michael O´toole
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Description for The Language of Displayed Art
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; CF; GTC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 534.
The Language of Displayed Art, first published in 1994, is a seminal work in the field of Multimodality and one of the few to be entirely dedicated to the analysis and interpretation of works of art.
This book explores the "grammar" of the visual arts of painting, sculpture and architecture, proposing that as viewers we simultaneously read three different kinds of meaning in them:
- what is represented (Representational meaning)
- how it engages us (Modal meaning)
- how it is composed (Compositional meaning).
The second edition features: two new chapters; an extended discussion of Chapter 5 "Why Semiotics"; and an extended version of Chapter 7 with ... Read more
The Language of Displayed Art is an indispensable text for those studying Multimodality, Applied Linguistics, Language and Art.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415595278
SKU
V9780415595278
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About Michael O´toole
Michael O’Toole is an emeritus professor of communication at Murdoch University, Perth. He was an early pioneer of audio-visual language teaching methodology and was commissioned by the BBC to write and broadcast two Russian courses for radio. He worked with the Australian ‘discourse analysis’ school led by Michael Halliday and helped to develop their work in the areas of literary ... Read more
Reviews for The Language of Displayed Art
'Occasionally a book comes along which takes over your whole field of attention and resets the way you look at some aspect of experience. For me "The Language of Displayed Art" was one such book. It opened up the world of painting, architecture and sculpture, bringing out its dimensions and depth of meaning and adding significantly to my understanding- and ... Read more