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The current study addresses the gender roles and the stereotypes produced in the context of Cypriot society, through their representations on postage stamps produced by the Republic of Cyprus from 1960 to 2013. The theoretical framework employed derives from relevant theories on social roles’ divisions based on gender, as well as the way these role...
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In this paper, the dyadic concept of zero sign in general linguistics is transformed into a triadic concept of zero sign in visual semiotics. A formal duality relation is defined between two types of visual zero sign. It is argued that the common experience of failure to perceive visual zero signs may be due to either inattention of the interpreter...
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This paper outlines a course for a new visual semiotics based on dynamic versions of semiotics (Thom, PetitotCocorda, Wildgen, Brandt). After considering the way in which visual semiotics functions in art history as a sort of privileged form of interpretation, I argue instead for a dynamic, naturalized project in which semiotic meaning emerges thro...
L’article explore la représentation de la sensorialité olfactive, véhiculée par le mouvement des nuages dans la peinture religieuse moderne, et s’interroge sur la relation entre la question religieuse de la foi et la dimension sacrée de la contagion de la transcendance. L’iconographie picturale est d’abord mise en comparaison avec la représentation...
In this article, we analyze two sculptorical texts, through the semiotic theory developed by Greimas known as French semiotics, in order to develop some considerations about the expression plane in the sculpture. we analyze two pieces carved by Antônio Francisco Lisboa (1738-1814), a Brazilian sculptor, which show São Miguel e almas and São Francis...
Denna studie har genomförts på en barn- och ungdomspsykiatrisk mottagning i norra Sverige. Syftet med studien var att beskriva vad barn och ungdomar gestaltar i sina bilder i väntrummet. I väntrummet anslog frivilliga deltagare i studien sina bilder på skärmar. Datainsamlingen pågick under 4 månader. Data analyserades med ett för ändamålet konstrue...
In this paper we report on an analysis of the 2166th issue cover of the Brazilian Veja magazine (May 26th, 2010). From the theoretical perspective of French visual semiotics we seek to investigate how and through what language resources the expression plane conveys the content plane. Our analysis draws on theoretical and methodological concepts dev...
This paper will focus on the " digital" strategies of Ukrainian candidates for the Ukrainian presidential election of 2010. The presidential campaign is always a narration about the nation. The visions of national past, present and future are expressed discursively and visually by different ways on prospectus, big boards, in interviews, meetings bu...
