RHETORIC OF THE IMAGE II
FUNCTIONS OF THE LINGUISTIC MESSAGE IN
RELATION TO ICONIC MESSAGE
ANCHORING
RELAYING
POLYSEMY
POLYSEMY“FLOATING CHAIN” OF SIGNIFIEDS
PRODUCES UNCERTAIN SIGNS, I.E., IT’S HARD TO TELL WHAT SIGNS MEAN SOMETIMES
LINGUISTIC MESSAGE HELPS COMBAT THAT UNCERTAINTY
ANCHORING
TEXT DIRECTS READER AMONG THE
SIGNIFIEDS
AVOID SOME AND ACCEPT OTHERS
RELAYING
RELAYINGLANGUAGE AND IMAGE IN COMPLEMENTARY RELATION
WORDS ARE FRAGMENTS OF A SYNTAGM – SET OF SIGNS
WORDS “ASSIST” MEANING OF THE IMAGE
RELAYING – RELIES ON LANGUAGE
ANCHORING – MORE RELIANT ON THE IMAGE FOR THE INFORMATIONAL CHARGE
DENOTED IMAGE
DENOTED IMAGE LITERALNESS OF THE IMAGE
VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE STATE
SETS THE PHOTOGRAPH AS A MESSAGE WITHOUT A CODE
THE PHOTOGRAPH
IS IT A MESSAGE WITHOUT A CODE TODAY?REGISTERS? MECHANICALLY, NOT HUMANLY?
THING’S HAVING-BEEN-THERE?
NEVER EXPERIENCED AS AN ILLUSION?
DENOTED IMAGE NATURALIZES THE SYMBOLIC MESSAGE
MAKES “INNOCENT” THE DENSE SEMANTIC ARTIFICE OF CONNOTATION
PANZANI ADD FULL OF
SYMBOLS
BUT STILL A SENSE OF NATURAL “BEING-THERE”A SENSE OF SPONTANEITY
THE RHETORIC OF THE IMAGE
LEXICON
LEXICONPORTION OF THE SYMBOLIC LEVEL OF LANGUAGE WHICH CORRESPONDS TO A BODY OF PRACTICES AND TECHNIQUES
IDIOLECT
IDEOLOGYWEB OR NETWORK OF COMMON BELIEFS, VALUES, ATTITUDES
DEMOCRACY, COMMUNISM, SOCIALISM, CHRISTIANITY, FEMINISM, CAPITALISM, ECOLOGISM, CONSERVATISM, LIBERALISM, ETC.
RHETORIC OF THE IMAGE
GENERAL IDEOLOGY SIGNIFIERS SELECTED BASED ON SUBJECT
THESE SIGNIFIERS ARE CONNOTATORS
TOTALITY OF SIGNIFIERS ARE A RHETORIC
RHETORIC OF THE IMAGE
•RHETORIC IS THE SIGNIFYING ASPECT OF IDEOLOGY
RHETORIC OF THE IMAGE
CLASSIFICATION OF ITS CONNOTATORS -- SPECIFIC INSOFAR AS SUBJECT TO PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS OF VISION
GENERAL INSOFAR AS “FIGURES” ARE NEVER ANYTHING BUT FORMAL RELATIONS OF ELEMENTS
RHETORIC OF THE IMAGE
•THE CONNATORS ARE ERRATIC FEATURES
•READING THEM DOES NOT EXHAUST THE POSSIBLE VOCABULARY
•DENOTATION REMAINS•DENOTATION “NATURALIZES” THE SYSTEM OF THE CONNOTATED MESSAGE