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by Gunther Kress (Author), Theo Van Leeuwen (Author), Theo Van Leenwen (Author) "In the early years of schooling, children are constantly encouraged to produce images, and to illustrate their written work ..." (more)
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  • 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: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 320,393 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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


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Reading Images provides the first systematic and comprehensive account of the grammar of visual design. By looking at the formal elements and structures of design - colour, perspective, framing and composition, Gunther Kress and Theo van Leeunwen examine the ways in which images communicate meaning. Drawing on an enormous range of examples - children's drawings, textbook illustrations, photojournalism, advertising images and fine art, as well as three-dimensional forms such as sculpture and architecture, the authors demonstrate the differences and the similarities between the grammar of language and that of visual communication. As we move from a culture dominated by language to one in which visual literacy becomes increasingly important, this book provides an invaluable tool-kit' for reading images. It will be an essential text for anyone interested in communication, the media and the arts.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Reading images:Grammar of Visual design, 4 May 2009
By Ms. A. J. Froshaug (Norfolk england) - See all my reviews
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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.
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