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| Icons: An icon is a visual representation of something it resembles. A traffic sign with a picture of a car is an icon of a car. In contrast to this a peace sign is a symbol of peace, a red light is a sign to stop. See also Signs, Symbols, Meaning, Information, Similarity, Signal language, Signals, Formal language, Reference._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Umberto Eco on Icons - Dictionary of Arguments
I 79 Definition iconic/Morris/Eco: a sign is iconic to the extent that it possesses the properties it has designated itself. --- II 207 Icon/Eco: Def iconic sign: an iconic sign is a sign that has some properties of the object displayed. Question: are these the properties of the object you see, or the ones you know? II 208 The iconic code establishes the semantic relationship between a graphic sign carrier and an already coded meaning of perception. The relationship exists between a relevant unit of the graphical system and a relevant... II 209 ...unit of a semantic system that depends on a preceding codification of perceptual experience. II 211 Iconic code: iconic code is not only the ability to reproduce each condition of perception with a conventional graphic sign, but also that a sign can globally denote a perceived sign that has been reduced to a simplified graphic convention. >Conventions, >Denotation. II 213 For the iconic sign applies also, what we have said about the concept of structure: the prepared structure does not represent a presumed structure of reality, but rather divides it into a series of differential relations according to certain operations. It constructs a model of relationships that is homologous to the model of perceptual relationships that we construct when recognizing and remembering the object. It has the iconic sign's properties in common - then not with the object, but with the perception model of the object. II 222 EcoVsTradition: the traditional explanations of the iconic sign do not do justice to its essence, because they assume that it is natural and based on a non-analysisable, i.e. completely analogical code. >Signs, >Symbols, >Code._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Eco I U. Eco Opera aperta, Milano 1962, 1967 German Edition: Das offene Kunstwerk Frankfurt/M. 1977 Eco II U, Eco La struttura assente, Milano 1968 German Edition: Einführung in die Semiotik München 1972 |
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