Visual communication
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| - | {{Template}}'''Visual communication''' is the conveyance of ideas and information in forms that can be read or looked upon. Primarily associated with [[Dimension|two dimensional]] images, it includes: [[art]], signs, [[photography]], [[typography]], [[drawing]], [[graphic design]], [[illustration]], colour and electronic resources. Recent research in the field has focused on [[web design]] and graphically oriented usability. Graphic designers use methods of visual communication in their professional practice. | + | [[Image:Awful conflagration of the steam boat Lexington.jpg|thumb|200px|''Awful conflagration of the steam boat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday eveg., [[January 13]]th [[1840]], by which melancholy occurence; over 100 persons perished''. Courier [[lithograph]] [[documenting]] a [[news event]], published three days after the [[disaster]].]] |
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| - | Visual communication on the [[World Wide Web]] is perhaps the most important form of communication taking place when users are surfing the Internet. When experiencing the web, one uses the eyes as the primary sense and therefore the visual dísplay of a website is important for the users understanding of the communication taking place | + | '''Visual communication''' is the conveyance of ideas and information in forms that can be read or looked upon. Primarily associated with [[Dimension|two dimensional]] images, it includes: [[art]], signs, [[photography]], [[typography]], [[drawing]], [[graphic design]], [[illustration]], colour and electronic resources. Recent research in the field has focused on [[web design]] and graphically oriented usability. Graphic designers use methods of visual communication in their professional practice. |
| - | == See also == | + | ==See also== |
| * [[Advertising]] | * [[Advertising]] | ||
| - | * [[Visual culture]] | + | * [[Art director]] |
| - | * [[Graphic Design]] | + | * [[Communication]] |
| - | * [[Art Director]] | + | * [[Electrical signal]] |
| + | * [[Graphic design]] | ||
| * [[Illustration]] | * [[Illustration]] | ||
| - | * [[Advertising]] | + | * [[Semantics]] |
| - | * [[Comm]] | + | * [[Semiotics]] |
| + | * [[Sign industry]] | ||
| + | * [[Typography]] | ||
| + | * [[Visual culture]] | ||
| + | * [[Visual design]] | ||
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Visual communication is the conveyance of ideas and information in forms that can be read or looked upon. Primarily associated with two dimensional images, it includes: art, signs, photography, typography, drawing, graphic design, illustration, colour and electronic resources. Recent research in the field has focused on web design and graphically oriented usability. Graphic designers use methods of visual communication in their professional practice.
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See also
- Advertising
- Art director
- Communication
- Electrical signal
- Graphic design
- Illustration
- Semantics
- Semiotics
- Sign industry
- Typography
- Visual culture
- Visual design
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