{"product_id":"ambiguity-revisited-stuart-franklin-9783838213897","title":"Ambiguity Revisited: Communicating with Pictures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eambiguity revisited\u003c\/i\u003e is concerned with the manner in which pictures communicate with the spectator. Its focus lies in those fluid, indeterminate spaces where our reading of images, in art and photography, exercises and draws upon our imagination, memory, and experience. Sir William Empson's seminal (1930) text: \u003ci\u003eSeven Types of Ambiguity\u003c\/i\u003e is used as a springboard to discussion, towards a fresh way of exploring ambiguity beyond English literature, and in a broader framework to that contained in John Berger's (1989) \u003ci\u003eAnother Way of Telling\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe use of ambiguity in art and photography, as in literature, is both a conscious and an unconscious act; and ambiguity influences the way in which we respond to work, from Leonardo da Vinci's portraits to the photographer William Eggleston's engaging and idiosyncratic reflections on America's Deep South. This ambiguity is a force for good, or at least one to be reckoned with, due to its participatory nature in actively engaging with, or masking itself from, the viewer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmbiguity is infrequently discussed but is highly relevant as an expressive device. It holds a position at the core of communication within the visual arts. As society becomes influenced increasingly by communications delivered in a visual form, so we, the consumers, require tools, more than ever, to engage with the work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stuart Franklin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3838213890\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783838213897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ibidem Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.80w x 0.80d","brand":"Stuart Franklin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43941642273023,"sku":"9783838213897","price":98.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8fcddb4c-bdbd-4d07-a501-6439ee3df726.jpg?v=1681454114","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ambiguity-revisited-stuart-franklin-9783838213897","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}