Narrating a future pictorially: temporality in architectural renderings

This paper takes architects' pictorial renderings of planned urban projects as a case for inquiring into the capacity of still visual images for narrative meaning making. In doing so, it considers two issues addressed by postclassical narratology: prospective, or future-tense, narrative and pic...

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Veröffentlicht in:RASK 2013-10, Vol.39 (Oct), p.13-35
1. Verfasser: Maagaard, Cindie Aaen
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper takes architects' pictorial renderings of planned urban projects as a case for inquiring into the capacity of still visual images for narrative meaning making. In doing so, it considers two issues addressed by postclassical narratology: prospective, or future-tense, narrative and pictorial narrative, which despite its lack of temporal progression can compel temporal, narrative interpretation. Following a discussion of key concepts from narratology and semiotics, the article offers a social semiotic-based multimodal analysis of the renderings, to understand how the logic of temporality is conveyed by spatially arranged images. The paper suggests that visual cues to modality judgements play a central role in this process. Adapted from the source document
ISSN:0909-8976