Though English has no word for the visual counterpart to literacy,
Heffernan argues that the capacity to interpret pictures must be
cultivated and deserves a name: picturacy. Using examples such as
the pre-historic cave paintings of Lascaux, film versions of
Frankenstein , the provocative photographs of Sally Mann, and the
abstract canvases of Gerhard Richter, the volume illustrates how
learning to decode the language of pictures resembles the process
of learning to read. While words typically frame and regulate our
experience of art, the study also explains how pictures can contest
the authority of the words we use to interpret art.
General
| Imprint: |
Baylor University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2006 |
| First published: |
September 2006 |
| Authors: |
James A.W. Heffernan
|
| Dimensions: |
228 x 152 x 35mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
437 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-932792-41-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-932792-41-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781932792416 |
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