The Language of Images: The Forms and the Forces

by Maria Giulia Dondero

Book Overview

This book deals with two fundamental issues in the semiotics of the image. The first is the relationship between image and observer: how does one look at an image? To answer this question, this book sets out to transpose the theory of enunciation formulated in linguistics over to the visual field. It also aims to clarify the gains made in contemporary visual semiotics relative to the semiology of Roland Barthes and Emile Benveniste.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030526194
• ISBN13: 9783030526191
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 147 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"