THE ON-LINE VISUAL LITERACY PROJECT

STONEHILL, Brian. The On-Line Visual Literacy Project. Pomona College, Claremont, California. http://www.pomona.edu/Academics/courserelated/classprojects/Visual-lit/intro/intro.html

From the beginnings of human culture, visual awareness has been a key element to communication. Just as information conveyed by the written word holds a significance for humanity in the 20th century, the symbols of early cave paintings held a deep significance for the artists and cultures that produced them. Over time these symbols and meanings changed into the alphabets of the world of today; which are the basis for verbal literacy.
To be verbally literate, one must possess and be able to manipulate the basic components of written language: the letters, words, spelling, grammar, syntax. With a mastery of these elements of written communication, the possibilities of verbal expression are endless. Visual literacy must operate within the same boundaries. Just as there are components and common meaning for the elements of verbal literacy, elements and common meaning exist for the elements of visual literacy.
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Creator : STONEHILL, Brian
Title : The On-Line Visual Literacy Project
Description : Presents the project of Pomona College at Claremont in California about visual literacy. Explains what is the visual literacy, starts from the beginning of human culture and gives the basic elements for the fundamentals of all visual communication.
Language : En
Type : Text
Identifier : http://www.pomona.edu/Academics/courserelated/classprojects/Visual-lit/intro/intro.html
Subject : visual literacy - visual communication