How to look at and understand great art Episode 17, Signs - symbols, icons, and indexes in art Episode 17, Signs - symbols, icons, and indexes in art

Streaming video - 2011

The richness of signs (signifiers) in art includes the use of symbols, icons, and indexes as they reveal layers of meaning. See how, in different historical eras, symbolic associations change over time, how icons visually represent a subject, and how indexes exhibit direct connections with the thing signified.

Saved in:
Subjects
Genres
Documentary films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : The Great Courses 2011.
2017.
Language
English
Online Access
A Kanopy streaming video
Cover Image
Item Description
Title from title frames.
Physical Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Playing Time
00:31:54
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).