Semiology of Visual Images

Code Cours
1920-FLSH-PPC-FR-1001
Language of instruction
French, English
This course occurs in the following program(s)
Training officer(s)
Tiphaine Zetlaoui
Period

Présentation

Goal

To provide the theoretical tools which will enable students to analyse the meaning of visual images. Both fixed images (posters, paintings, photos) and moving images (commercials, film clips) will be studied. We will discuss how images are used to produce meaning.

Presentation

The theory of signs, semiology and aesthetics of fixed and moving images. Theories advanced by various authors including Barthes, Eco, Gombrich, Pierce…

Modalités

Forms of instruction

Contrôle continu et examen terminal : analyses d’images fixes

Evaluation

Ressources

Bibliography

|| - BOUGNOUX, Daniel. <i>Introduction aux sciences de la communication.</i> Paris : La Découverte, 2001. <b> </b>|| - JOLY, Martine. I<i>ntroduction </i><i>à</i><i> </i><i>l</i><i>’</i><i>analyse d</i><i>’</i><i>images</i>. Paris : Armand Colin, 2009.|| - JOLY, Martine. <i>L</i><i>’</i><i>image et les signes</i>. Paris : Armand Colin, 2011.|| - Klinkenberg, Jean-Marie. <i>Pr</i><i>é</i><i>cis de s</i><i>é</i><i>miotique g</i><i>é</i><i>n</i><i>é</i><i>rale</i>. Paris : Points Essais, 2000.||||