- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Routledge; illustrated edition edition (28 Mar 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0415106001
- ISBN-13: 978-0415106009
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 18.8 x 1.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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"Reading Images is the most important book in visual communication since Jacques Bertin's semiology of information graphics. It is both thorough and thought-provoking; a remarkable breakthrough.."
-Kevin G. Barnhurst, Syracuse University
-Kevin G. Barnhurst, Syracuse University
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Reading Images provides the first systematic and comprehensive account of the grammar of visual design. Drawing on an enormous range of examples, Kress and van Leeunwen examine the ways in which images communicate meaning.
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In the early years of schooling, children are constantly encouraged to produce images, and to illustrate their written work. Read the first page
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I was inspired to read and review this book after I saw a Kress AND van Leeuwen book with 2 stars... and I was right, it was a terrible review!
I read this book just to confirm what I'd assumed - this is a very strong account of the area by two scholars whose work is worth attention... and I'm very glad I did! I found their arguments interesting, compelling and sprinkled with a level of conceptual thought that can be taken into other areas of life and other fields.
The other reviewer complained about the language - I didn't have to read one sentence twice, and it isn't really my field (but is closely related). I would perhaps add the advice that if you don't know the terminology associated with this area, you might want to have a dictionary in the background. If you don't like long sentences, read a book that's less likely to have sub-clauses (Divinci Code has symbols in). I actually think that it is very clearly written for those studying this area whether under/post-grad or researcher.
I read this book just to confirm what I'd assumed - this is a very strong account of the area by two scholars whose work is worth attention... and I'm very glad I did! I found their arguments interesting, compelling and sprinkled with a level of conceptual thought that can be taken into other areas of life and other fields.
The other reviewer complained about the language - I didn't have to read one sentence twice, and it isn't really my field (but is closely related). I would perhaps add the advice that if you don't know the terminology associated with this area, you might want to have a dictionary in the background. If you don't like long sentences, read a book that's less likely to have sub-clauses (Divinci Code has symbols in). I actually think that it is very clearly written for those studying this area whether under/post-grad or researcher.
1 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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The book arrived puctually and safely so my review is of the book rather than the service provided by the book seller.
i think it would be helpful if one was given an exerpt from the book such as 1)a typical sentence and/ or2) maybe the table of contents.
The book is very badly written, in my view, with its long, obtuse, convoluted sentences.This is is doubly unfortunate because semiotics as a subject is difficult.I feel I had to do a huge amount of work to make sense of it. It would be better if edited to half its length.
i think it would be helpful if one was given an exerpt from the book such as 1)a typical sentence and/ or2) maybe the table of contents.
The book is very badly written, in my view, with its long, obtuse, convoluted sentences.This is is doubly unfortunate because semiotics as a subject is difficult.I feel I had to do a huge amount of work to make sense of it. It would be better if edited to half its length.
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This is an interesting, engaging entry point into the analysis of visuals as communicative, or rhetorical, devices. Even ten years later, much of Kress and van Leeuwen's book is still relevant and easily extrapolated into the digital media. It provides, as a colleague of mine said, a useful toolbox for any critic.
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