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Visual Literacy

By Don L. F. Nilsen

And Alleen Pace Nilsen

Visual Past: Egyptian Hieroglyphics & The Rosetta StoneQUESTION: What is a cartouche and why is it important?

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Egyptian Hieroglyphics are alphabetic, not pictographic.

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Visual Ambiguities

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Letters vs. Numbers Literacy

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Visual Anachronism

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Anachronism

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Visual Analogies

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Alleen Nilsen & Friends

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Visual Antithesis

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Magritte’s Window

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Visual Aptness

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Quixote’s Mind

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Visual Distortion

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Picasso’s “Les Dmoiselles d’Avignon”

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Visual Impossibility

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Escher’s Waterfall

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Visual Metaphors

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Skeleton Words in English

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Visual Orientation

Upside-Down& Sideways

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Frog or Horse?

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Visual Paradoxes

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Paradoxical Colors

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LANGUAGE VS. IMAGE

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INVISIBLE BOX

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Paradoxical Circles

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Trapezoid Room

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Visual Parodies

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Parody of Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are

• With:– Bill Cosby– George Lopez– Ray Romano–Margaret Cho– Brad Garrett and – Bill Engvall

• As Wild Things

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Diego Velazquez: Las Meninas

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Pablo Picasso: Las Meninas

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Visual Personification

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Magritte’s “Tree with Ax”

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Visual Repetition

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Magritte’s Bowler Hats

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Visual Subtlety

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Animal Face

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Visual Symbols

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Arrows

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Ribbons

Visual Future: Emoji

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Emoji Keyboard