Journal article
A systemic-functional semiotics of art
Semiotica, Vol.82(3/4), pp.185-209
1990
Abstract
The visual arts should be a natural field for the application of semiotic models of analysis; and yet most discourse — whether published, pedagogical or popular — about art is still stuck in the well-worn grooves of art history, philosophical aesthetics, or attribution and market values. Attempts over the last ten years to invoke semiotics have mainly been confined to applying a raw Saussurean analysis — questionable even for verbal discourse — to visual texts, exploring the ramifications of Peirce's distinction between index, icon, and symbol in visual terms, or arguing about the nature of representation itself. The result has been a lot of theorizing, partial analysis, and a daunting density of new jargon.
Details
- Title
- A systemic-functional semiotics of art
- Authors/Creators
- M. O'Toole (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Semiotica, Vol.82(3/4), pp.185-209
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter
- Identifiers
- 991005542214307891
- Copyright
- © Walter de Gruyter
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Media, Communication and Culture
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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