How to look at and understand great art. Episode 17, Signs - symbols, icons, and indexes in art
(2017, original release: 2011)
Nonfiction
eCourse
Details
PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2011
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2017
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2017
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
1525756
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from title frames
The richness of signs (signifiers) in art includes the use of symbols, icons, and indexes as they reveal layers of meaning. See how, in different historical eras, symbolic associations change over time, how icons visually represent a subject, and how indexes exhibit direct connections with the thing signified
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2011
Mode of access: World Wide Web