Barthesian Eco/s : the fine art of detecting boeuf

dc.contributor.authorVan der Merwe, Johann
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-11T08:28:53Z
dc.date.available2010-08-11T08:28:53Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.descriptionArticle digitised using: Suprascan 1000 RGB scanner, scanned at 400 dpi; 24-bit colour; 100% Image derivating - Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS3 - Image levels, crop, deskew Abbyy Fine Reader No.9 - Image manipulation + OCR Adobe Acrobat 9 (PDF)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis article discusses the means by which a visually creative, artistic language can imitate the communicative abilities of a written/spoken language, making it possible to "read" a work of art as a visual text. Comparing Barthes' critique of myths with Eco's use of denotative and connotative systems leads to the conclusion that allowing for dissimilarities, the two systems can be read as texts with similar goals. Reading certain works of art through the mediation of Barthesian Eco/s, it becomes clear that a visual language can successfully copy the semantic modes of a social linguistic system and achieve the same ends.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn hierdie artikel word die wyse bespreek waarop 'n visueel skeppende, kuns-gebaseerde taalvorm die kommunikasievermoens van 'n geskrewe taal kan naboots, om sodoende dit moontlik te maak dat 'n kunswerk "gelees" kan word as 'n teks. Deur Barthes se kritiek van mites met Eco se gebruik van denotasie en konnotasie te vergelyk kan daar tot die slotsom gekom word dat nieteenstaande verskille, die twee sisteme as tekste gelees kan word met dieselfde doel voor oe. Deur sekere kunswerke te "lees" deur die bemiddeling van Barthesiaanse Eco/s kan tot die besef gekom word dat 'n visuele taalgebruik suksesvol die semantiese vormgewing van 'n sosiaal geskrewe sisteem kan navolg.af
dc.description.urihttp://explore.up.ac.za/record=b1719138en_US
dc.format.extent15 pagesen_US
dc.format.mediumPdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationVan der Merwe, J 1998, 'Barthesian Eco/s: the fine art of detecting boeuf.' South African Journal of Art History, vol. 13, pp. 27-41.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0258-3542
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/14618
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherArt Historical Work Group of South Africaen_US
dc.rightsArt Historical Work Group of South Africaen_US
dc.subjectArt theoryen_US
dc.subjectVisual languageen_US
dc.subjectWritten languageen_US
dc.subjectVisual narrativeen_US
dc.subjectEco, Umberto, 1932-en_US
dc.subjectBarthes, Roland, 1915-1980en_US
dc.subject.lcshArt -- History
dc.subject.lcshVisual perceptionen
dc.subject.lcshArt appreciationen
dc.subject.lcshArt -- Philosophyen
dc.titleBarthesian Eco/s : the fine art of detecting boeufen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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