Attila Bátorfy, ELTE MMI, Budapest
Not how to see, but how to read the meaning of the visual signs - semiology/diagrammatology
point line shape form
position length direction angle
shape size colour shade
Position Length Angle Direction Size Colour
Growth
Decreasement
Pattern
Outlie
Noize
Sign
Attributes
Meaning
Representative
Narrative
Argumentation
Style
Semiotics
Diagrammatology
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diagrams (schematic image)
plans
pictograms
genealogies
knowledge trees
maps
scientific images (microscope)
scientific illustrations (anatomical drawings)
?DATA VISUALIZATION?
30 000 BC
950 circa
mid 14. century
mid. 17. century
1769 - Joseph Priestley
1786, 1801 - William Playfair
Minard
1844/1870
Nightingale
1856
Neuraths
1925