Semiotics and Art

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I think I could easily say semiotics is more of a discipline, and put it in a category with all the other art disciplines you find in schools, even if it’s not used as one. Angela Ferreira (2007) said that ‘semiotics can translate a picture from an image into words’, making it easier for the reader to acknowledge the meaning behind certain images, and especially of an artwork. Semiotics is everywhere, even if you just read something, or just look at a picture, painting, or simply listen to a song. It is that thing that makes you wonder, and reconsider the way you see and understand day by day events. It is very important in art to have semiotics, because it give the audience a chance to get behind the artist’s mind and thoughts, to see a part of the same perspective as the artist’s one and even develop it further, from their own point of view. It is also that double meaning of a word or a phrase, which leads to wondering and second thinking, giving the person to chance to extend it’s own  ideas and visual fields.

Reference list:   Ferreira, A. (2007) ‘How useful is semiotics as a method for analyzing works of art?’ Art & Perception,  25 February.  Available: http://artandperception.com/2007/02/how-useful-is-semiotics-as-a-method-for-analysing-works-of-art.html (Accessed: 26April 2012)