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Introducing Language in Use: a Coursebook

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Colour Paintings: Unit 1

Language, Semiotics and Communication

How do words and images (think in terms of colour as well as of form) interact?

Safe and Thought are presented here in colour and are in the book in black and white.

Spark is another painting from the series of word-paintings that Josie Beszant produced as a result of a language seminar.

Now consider the semiotic links between art and language in this painting called Red-Head that Josie gave us.

The sagittal section is obvious. How many other language points can you see in the representation?