Visual Metaphors: meaning, interpretation and culture

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  • Michael J. Parsons University of Illinois - SIU - Champaign/Illinois

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/2357-9854.50609

Keywords:

Metáforas em imagens visuais, interpretação, contextos culturais, cognição incorporada. / Metaphors in visual images, interpretation, cultural contexts, embodied cognition.

Abstract

This paper outlines an approach to meaning in visual imagery through metaphor, relying on the recent embodiment or neurological account of metaphor. It outlines this account of metaphor and discusses through the use of examples some of the ways in which metaphors work in visual images. It stresses the need for interpretation and the dependence of interpretation on cultural context.

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Author Biography

Michael J. Parsons, University of Illinois - SIU - Champaign/Illinois

Visiting Research Professor of Art Education at University of Illinois since 2006. Previously he was professor and chairperson of art education at the Ohio State University. He was born in England, where he studied English language and literature at Oxford University; in 1973 he moved to the University of Illinois, where he studied the history and philosophy of education. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the NAEA, has edited Studies in Art Education, and has taught and consulted in a number of countries, most recently in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Portugal and Jamaica. 

Capa, volume 1, número 3, dezembro de 2014

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2014-12-10

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PARSONS, M. J. Visual Metaphors: meaning, interpretation and culture. Revista GEARTE, [S. l.], v. 1, n. 3, 2014. DOI: 10.22456/2357-9854.50609. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/gearte/article/view/50609. Acesso em: 30 apr. 2025.

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Vol. 1 No. 3 (2014): Mediação em Artes Visuais

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