Semiotic Pedagogy and Art Education

Smith-Shank, Deborah L.

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“…Peirce asserted that semiotics could be applied as the official dogma of signs in visual, verbal, and mathematical field (Chandler, 2007). The theory was systematically built on the philosophic foundations by scholars and philosophers such as the Stoics, Plato, the Scholastic Realists, Locke, and Kant (Smith-Shank, 1995). Peirce defined signs as something that has a meaning to a person in some ways (Rolling Jr, 2008;Smith-Shank, 1995).…”

Section: Peirce's Theory Of Signsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The theory was systematically built on the philosophic foundations by scholars and philosophers such as the Stoics, Plato, the Scholastic Realists, Locke, and Kant (Smith-Shank, 1995). Peirce defined signs as something that has a meaning to a person in some ways (Rolling Jr, 2008;Smith-Shank, 1995). The mind will readily form an interpretation when a sign that refers to an object or referent stimulates it.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Hence, since one can easily see visual works in all types of art works such as photography, painting, drawing, and poster, it can be concluded that as is discussed by Masood and Zain (2011), what is conveyed by art is our present life, how people respond to different events, situations and phenomena as well as the artist's feeling and passion. As many scholars such as Ferreira (2007), Temple (2005) and Smith-Shank (1995) have stated for the perception of the concept of semiotics in art one needs to take into account the role of culture. This is due to the fact that not only the two phenomena, that are art and culture, intricately related to each other, but various features of art works are rooted in culture.…”

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“…Foote (1988) regarded Semiotics as a subcategory of the cultural study through which signs and sign systems are investigated as modes of communication; such studies explore the ways of encoding and decoding the meanings of the presented signs and symbols. Furthermore, art and culture are complicatedly interrelated in a way that various features of art works originate from culture; consequently, scripts and signs used by humans in various locations are said to be related to the human culture that makes the role of culture so important in realizing the concept of semiotics in art (Ferreira, 2007;Smith-Shank, 1995;Temple, 2005).…”

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A Study of the Semiotic Understanding of Land Art

Najafi¹,

Abbas²

2014

ASS

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Semiotics is the science of signs. It is known as an approach to expose the fundamental structural elements of the meaning of an object or a term. It comprises of the study of signs, designation, indication, analogy, likeness, symbolism, signification, metaphor, and communication. Semiotic and land art are closely associated with each other. Land art consists of sculptures, carvings, and performances located at specific natural surroundings to deliver messages of love and concern for the environment, even though they are ephemeral or located in inaccessible places they are transmitted by the semioticians. Like all works of art, each piece could be classified as abstract or realistic and would be created using signs and symbols of the artist's semiotic system to code the messages and feelings. The aim of this article is to examine the semiotics of land art based on signs and symbols of landscape through documentary analysis. The findings of the study revealed that semiotics is a powerful tool to reflect feelings and sentiments regarding different landscape. Some implications were also furnished.

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Section: Peirce's Theory Of Signsmentioning

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Section: Peirce's Theory Of Signsmentioning

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Abbas²

2014

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“…Symbols, in fact, are the subject matter of semiotics studies. In most of the cases, generation differences bring cultural changes, Smith-Shank [9] writes that these changes in our social lives might modify what is important and what is not. In order to understand the meaning of the symbols in the artistic heritage of the past, their meaning should also be analyzed as a sign system.…”

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Door to the Future, Understanding Portals of Ancient Seljuk Colleges

Gökay¹

2004

Int J Art Design Ed

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Symbols of artistic features on architecture employed by people living in Konya in the 13th Century (circa 1258) have been examined to express their philosophy of art and culture. University students who are educated to become art teachers in secondary and high schools living around these architectural inheritances are supposed to have the same cultural background, but it was found that they did not recognize these historical and artistic values in spite of the art lessons given to them. The purpose of this study is to analyze the output of the students' general art knowledge about the neighboring art environment when the teaching method in lessons is changed. After changing the methods of teaching, according to DBAE requirements, students were asked to design their own architectural portal and prepare related stories for Ince-minareli Seljuk College. Artistic features engraved on the selected portal of the Seljuk College and student design works were compared and differences and similarities between them were presented by using semiotic studies. The study suggests that through this teaching and learning strategy students gain more understanding of the artistic features of their art heritage Abstract JADE 23.1

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Khôra, Topos and Praxis

Savva¹

2013

Mediterranean Art and Education

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Semiotic Pedagogy and Art Education

Cited by 15 publications

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A Study of the Semiotic Understanding of Land Art

A Study of the Semiotic Understanding of Land Art

Door to the Future, Understanding Portals of Ancient Seljuk Colleges

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