How to look at and understand great art. Episode 17, Signs - symbols, icons, and indexes in art
2017
Computer Files, Websites
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.
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The Great Courses, 2011.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2017.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Title from title frames.Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2011.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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English
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420441
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Access eFilm - A Kanopy streaming videohttps://www.kanopy.com/node/525757/external-image - Cover Image