Metaphor in Pictures
- 1 October 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perception
- Vol. 11 (5) , 589-605
- https://doi.org/10.1068/p110589
Abstract
Pictures can be literal or metaphoric. Metaphoric pictures involve intended violations of standard modes of depiction that are universally recognizable. The types of metaphoric pictures correspond to major groups of verbal metaphors, with the addition of a class of pictorial runes. Often the correspondence between verbal and pictorial metaphors depends on individual features of objects and such physical parameters as change of scale. A more sophisticated analysis is required for some pictorial metaphors, involving juxtapositions of well-known objects and indirect reference.Keywords
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