Signs, Symbols and Ciphers

Decoding the Message

Georges Jean, Sophie Hawkes

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English

Thames & Hudson Ltd
12 January 1999

History of Art & Design Styles; Semiotics & semiology; Cultural studies

Series: New Horizons

How does a sign represent something other than itself? How do we understand the meaning of a written symbol? Can clothes be a sign? Can sounds?

Signs and symbols represent ideas and objects and, over time, these marks and gestures have multiplied into a complex network of images. This handy pocket-book combines scholarship, documentary evidence and fantastic illustrations to provide the story of how we have interacted with signs and symbols across the ages.

By: Georges Jean, Sophie Hawkes
Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 176mm, Width: 125mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 320g
ISBN: 9780500300879
ISBN 10: 0500300879
Series: New Horizons
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 12 January 1999
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , ELT Advanced , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Georges Jean (1920 - 2011) was a French poet and essayist specializing in the field of linguistics, poetry and the philosophy of semiology.