Author : Georges Jean
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500300879
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Signs, Symbols and Ciphers by : Georges Jean
Download or read book Signs, Symbols and Ciphers written by Georges Jean and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To communicate, people have always used signs and symbols: marks, gestures, and words that represent abstract ideas and concrete objects. Over time, these have multiplied into an immense and complex network of images, figures, emblems. We use signs to measure such difficult concepts as number, danger, value, distances in time and space, and even love. How does a sign represent the thing for which it substitutes? How do we come to understand the meaning of a written symbol? What happens when a sign crosses international borders of language and culture? Chapter by chapter, Georges Jean conducts us through the fascinating realm of maps, pictograms, logographs, letterforms, patterns, signals, codes, and facial expressions.