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In this paper I will explore the ways in which rational formulations can approach the “visual universe” and confront it in relation to the aesthetical domain. I will consider visual objects as semiotic entities in order to handle them as sign-functions (not only terminology, but many of the ideas of this essay were based on the work of Umberto Eco). Furthermore, I will take into account the form in which these sign-functions are coded and the rationalization of this process in connection with the sets of rules that are provided by different aesthetic codes.
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© 1983 Plenum Press, New York
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Gameros, M. (1983). Aesthetic Semiosis of the Visual Object. In: Deely, J.N., Lenhart, M.D. (eds) Semiotics 1981. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9328-7_23
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