Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design |
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Product Description
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.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #300233 in Books
- Published on: 1996-05-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.55 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 304 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
"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
About the Author
Gunther Kress is Professor of English and Education at the Institute of Education, University of London. Theo van Leeuwen is now Principal Lecturer in Communication Theory at the London College of Printing.

