The Language of Displayed Art

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The Language of Displayed Art is written by Michael O'Toole and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0838636047 (ISBN 10) and 9780838636046 (ISBN 13).

Drawing on his background as a linguist, O'Toole analyses in detail a number of major works of art to show how the semiotic approach relates a work's immediate impact to other aspects of our response to it: to the scene portrayed, to the social, intellectual and economic world within which the artist and his or her patrons worked, and to our own world. It further provides ways of talking about and interrelating aspects of composition, technique and the material qualities of the work.