Despite the fact that to date Visual Literacy (VL) scholars have not arrived at a general consensus for a theoretical organization of the VL field, important conceptual investigations have emerged over the past four decades. In this paper we discuss and synthesize those studies. We then present a first attempt toward a cohesive theory of VL. The…

Discusses visual and verbal literacy, how they relate to each other, and the role of visual literacy in communication among people. (JEG)

Contends that everyone must learn to read images because our culture is increasingly represented and perceived in visual terms. (Author/RK)

Accurate interpretation of visual images involves the learning of methods for representing three-dimensional reality on a two-dimensional surface. There are many instances where a given culture exercises its iconic expression. Discussion and comparison of cultural differences is presented and illustrated. (Author/JEG)