Compact Visual Dictionary Greek English

A bilingual dictionary with more than 27,000 words and enriched with illustrations. The compact size makes it handy to use anywhere. Designed to meet everyone's linguistic needs. One can easily find words in a personal or professional terminological field. The type of user the dictionary appeals to constituted the criterion for the choice of its content. It presents technical terms which are needed to convey the chosen language to the contemporary world. The Compact series of dictionaries encompasses the following languages: Greek-English, Greek-French, Greek-Italian, Greek-Spanish, Greek-German,

A bilingual dictionary with more than 27,000 words and enriched with illustrations. The compact size makes it handy to use anywhere. Designed to meet everyone's linguistic needs. One can easily find words in a personal or professional terminological field. The type of user the dictionary appeals to constituted the criterion for the choice of its content. It presents technical terms which are needed to convey the chosen language to the contemporary world. The Compact series of dictionaries encompasses the following languages: Greek-English, Greek-French, Greek-Italian, Greek-Spanish, Greek-German.

Meets the need for a compact, up-to-date dictionary for general reference and language students.

This substantial and ambitious dictionary explores the languages and cultures of visual studies. It provides the basis for understanding the foundations and motivations of current theoretical and academic discourse, as well as the different forms of visual culture that have come to organize everyday life. The book is firmly placed in the context of the 'visual turn' in contemporary thought. It has been designed as an interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary introduction to the vocabularies and grammars of visuality that inform thinking in the arts and humanities today. It also offers insight into the philosophical frameworks which underpin the field of visual culture. A central theme that runs throughout the entries is the task of moving away from a narrow understanding of visuality inherited from traditional philosophy toward a richer cultural and multi-sensorial philosophy of concrete experience. The dictionary incorporates intertextual links that encourage readers to explore connections between major themes, theories and key figures in the field. In addition the author's introduction provides a comprehensive and critical introduction which documents the significance of the visual turn in contemporary theory and culture. It is accompanied by an extensive bibliography and further reading list. As both a substantive academic contribution to this growing field and a useful reference tool, this book offers a theoretical introduction to the many languages of visual discourse. It will be essential reading for graduate students and scholars in visual studies, the sociology of visual culture, cultural and media studies, philosophy, art history and theory, design, film and communication studies.

Because Greek has a radically different alphabet to the Roman one used throughout the English-speaking world, Michael Kambas has used a simple transliteration system for both English to Greek and Greek to English in the dictionary section. Grammar and pronunciation explanations are linked into this useful system.