Primer of Visual Literacy
by Harold B. Dondis
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Author: Harold B. DondisEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1973-09-15
ISBN: 0262540290
Number of pages: 206
Publisher: The MIT Press
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Book Review: Good info but....
Summary: 2 Stars
This book is extraordinarily frustrating. Dondis has so much good information--but it's obscured by what I find to be very poor writing. I found her sentence structure difficult to apprehend, and she's way wordy. Add to that the type face used--all sans serif! There's a reason that almost all books are printed in serif typefaces--and it's not tradition, it's ease of use. How bizarre that a book that is meant to clarify and explicate the use of visual media would employ a user unfriendly font.
I've tried to read this book twice, and even have used ideas that I found in that space while teaching a class on art appreciation. I SOOO wish that someone would take the info, rewrite it with sentences that actually flow, and lay it out in a readable font. Anyone up for that? In unleashing some really wonderfully illuminating information, you'd be doing the world much good.
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