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The Language of Displayed Art, first published in 1994, is a seminal work in the field of Multimodality and one of the few to be entirely dedicated to the analysis and interpretation of works of art. This book explores the ""grammar"" of the visual arts of painting, sculpture and architecture, proposing that as viewers we simultaneously read three different kinds of meaning in them: what is represented (Representational meaning) how it engages us (Modal meaning) how it is composed (Compositional meaning). The second edition features: two new chapters; an extended discussion of Chapter 5 ""Why Semiotics""; and an extended version of Chapter 7 with more illustrations of language forms, discourse norms and genres, as well as non-art visual modes. The book is now accompanied by a CD, created by the author and features a virtual gallery of twenty-eight additional paintings with questions to encourage analysis and interpretation, and model answers to these questions in the book's appendix. The CD also includes a notebook for readers to record their own observations and ideas. The Language of Displayed Art is an indispensable text for those studying Multimodality, Applied Linguistics, Language and Art.

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"""Occasionally a book comes along which takes over your whole field of attention and resets the way you look at some aspect of experience. For me ""The Language of Displayed Art"" was one such book. It opened up the world of painting, architecture and sculpture, bringing out its dimensions and depth of meaning and adding significantly to my understanding- and therefore to my enjoyment- of familiar and not so familiar works of art."" M.A.K. Halliday, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, University of Sydney, Australia ""My favourite bedtime reading beautifully restored andagiven a new lease of life...athis newacolouraedition with supporting CD-ROM has at last given this timeless masterpieceaofaartacriticismathealimelight it has long deserved. A cultural treasureatrove for new acquaintances, for old fans the return ofaa sorely-missedatruly multimodal companion.""a aAnthony Baldry, University of Messina, Italy"

Occasionally a book comes along which takes over your whole field of attention and resets the way you look at some aspect of experience. For me The Language of Displayed Art was one such book. It opened up the world of painting, architecture and sculpture, bringing out its dimensions and depth of meaning and adding significantly to my understanding- and therefore to my enjoyment- of familiar and not so familiar works of art. M.A.K. Halliday, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, University of Sydney, Australia My favourite bedtime reading beautifully restored andagiven a new lease of life...athis newacolouraedition with supporting CD-ROM has at last given this timeless masterpieceaofaartacriticismathealimelight it has long deserved. A cultural treasureatrove for new acquaintances, for old fans the return ofaa sorely-missedatruly multimodal companion. a aAnthony Baldry, University of Messina, Italy

'Occasionally a book comes along which takes over your whole field of attention and resets the way you look at some aspect of experience. For me The Language of Displayed Art was one such book. It opened up the world of painting, architecture and sculpture, bringing out its dimensions and depth of meaning and adding significantly to my understanding- and therefore to my enjoyment- of familiar and not so familiar works of art.' M.A.K. Halliday, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics, University of Sydney, Australia 'My favourite bedtime reading beautifully restored and given a new lease of life...athis new colour edition with supporting CD-ROM has at last given this timeless masterpiece of art criticism the limelight it has long deserved. A cultural treasureatrove for new acquaintances, for old fans the return of a sorely-missed truly multimodal companion.' Anthony Baldry, University of Messina, Italy

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