Reading Images : The Grammar of Visual Design

"Reading Images" provides a systematic and comprehensive account of the grammar of visual design. By looking at the formal elements and structures of design: color, perspective, framing and composition, Gunther Kress and Theo van Leeuwen 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 culture. 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.Kress, Gunther is the author of 'Reading Images : The Grammar of Visual Design', published 1995 under ISBN 9780415510608 and ISBN 0415510600.