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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Rosemary Sassoon; Albertine Gaur |
ISBN: | 1871516730 9781871516739 |
OCLC Number: | 475727364 |
Description: | 191 s |
Contents: | Part 1 The history of non-verbal scripts: the origin and meaning of symbols and iconography - early uses of icons, iconography and memory aids, maps and property marks; iconography and writing - from icons to phonetic scripts, abbreviations in handwritten texts, numerals and music; iconography in calligraphy, religion and art - secret communications, calligraphy, religious symbolism, symbols in secular art. Part 2 Iconography in the computer age: extending the concept of iconography - definitions and preconceptions to be dispelled, learning from history, designing icons; iconography and special needs - computers and special needs, symbol systems and special needs, working with words and symbols; symbol systems for visually impaired - Moon and other codes, unified Braille code, guidelines and objectives, balancing issues; an iconography for deaf signers - the use of sign graphics in bilingual education for deaf children, sign graphics - sociolinguistic issues; music notation - computers and music notation, the many ways that music has been created - from manuscript to computer graphics, music and typography; movement notation - dance notation, movement notation for clinicians; multilingual and multimedia iconographies - conclusions, where do we go from here? |
Responsibility: | Rosemary Sassoon, Albertine Gaur |
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