Reading images : the grammar of visual design / Gunther Kress and Theo van Leeuwen.
By: Kress, Gunther R [author.].
Contributor(s): Van Leeuwen, Theo [author.].
Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021Edition: Third edition.Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781000207873; 1000207870; 9781003099857; 1003099858; 9781000207910; 1000207919; 9781000207958; 1000207951.Subject(s): Communication in designGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 745.4 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Summary: "This third edition of the landmark textbook Reading Images builds on its reputation as the first systematic and comprehensive account of the grammar of visual design. Drawing on an enormous range of examples from children's drawings to textbook illustrations, photo-journalism to fine art, as well as three-dimensional forms such as sculpture and toys, the authors examine the ways in which images communicate meaning.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Taylor's Library-TU | 745.4 (Browse shelf) | e-book |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This third edition of the landmark textbook Reading Images builds on its reputation as the first systematic and comprehensive account of the grammar of visual design. Drawing on an enormous range of examples from children's drawings to textbook illustrations, photo-journalism to fine art, as well as three-dimensional forms such as sculpture and toys, the authors examine the ways in which images communicate meaning.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 18, 2020).
Gunther Kress was Professor of English and Head of the School of Culture, Language and Communication at the UCL Institute of Education, UK. His many ground-breaking publications include Language as Ideology (with Bob Hodge); Social Semiotics (with Bob Hodge); Early Spelling; Learning to Write; Multimodality: A Social Semiotic Approach to Contemporary Communication and Multimodality, Learning and Communication (with Jeff Bezemer). Theo van Leeuwen is currently Professor of Language and Communication at the University of Southern Denmark and Honorary Professor at the University of New South Wales, Australia. His many influential publications include Multimodal Discourse: The Modes and Media of Contemporary Communication (with Gunther Kress); Speech, Music, Sound; Introducing Social Semiotics and Discourse and Practice: New Tools for Critical Discourse Analysis.