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Tufte, Edward R. – 1990
This book presents over 400 illustrations of complex data that show how the dimensionality and density of portrayals can be enhanced. Practical advice on how to explain complex materials by visual means is given, and examples illustrate the fundamental principles of information display. Design strategies presented are exemplified in maps, the…
Descriptors: Art, Cartography, Charts, Color
Clarke, Beverley – 1974
To help educational television (ETV) practitioners achieve maximum clarity, economy and purposiveness, the range of techniques of television graphics is explained. Closed-circuit and broadcast ETV are compared. The design process is discussed in terms of aspect ratio, line structure, cut off, screen size, tone scales, studio apparatus, and…
Descriptors: Animation, Audiovisual Aids, Broadcast Television, Closed Circuit Television
Ito, Dee – 1993
This guide offers information on the most recent developments in art direction, film and video, the fine arts, graphic design, illustration, children's book design and illustration, industrial design, and photography. Each section first describes the career area, outlining important major fields and their subspecialties and covering their basic…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Artists, Career Choice
Larson, Judy L. – 1986
This book explores the popularity of American illustration from the late 1800s through the 1920s. Illustrated books, periodicals, the public consumption of illustrations, and various themes of illustration are discussed. Themes include: (1) "The Smart Set"; (2) "The Masses"; (3) "The Domestic Scene"; (4) "Town and Country"; (5) "Let Me Call You…
Descriptors: Art, Artists, Foreign Countries, Freehand Drawing
LaBarge, Dorothy – 1986
Since the early 1950s when artist and government administrator, James Houston, invited groups of Inuit to draw on paper, a treasury of Inuit drawings and prints have been produced. This publication explores the relationship between the artists' drawings and their finished prints during 1960-1965 print program at Cape Dorset, Alberta, Canada. The…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Art, Artists
Berger, Arthur Asa – 1989
Contemporary society is an "information society" where much of the information has a visual nature. This text uses semiotic and psychological concepts to help students gain understanding of how meaning is found in visual phenomena and how minds process images. Focus is upon mass media and popular culture. Theoretical discussions are…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Computer Graphics, Critical Viewing, Criticism
