By Way of Introduction: Inscriptions as Subversion.

Gandelman, Claude

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ERIC Number: EJ414669

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1989

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By Way of Introduction: Inscriptions as Subversion.

Gandelman, Claude

Visible Language, v23 n2-3 p140-69 Spr-Sum 1989

Defines the scope of research concerning "inscriptions in painting" from a semiotic point of view. Shows that in cases from medieval pictograms to modern new concreteness inscriptions are used to subvert the pictorial content of art works. (RS)

Descriptors: Art Criticism, Art History, Art Products, Painting (Visual Arts), Semiotics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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