Published and printed in the USA in 1951. The language of vision, optical communication, is one of the strongest potential means both to reunite man and his knowledge and to re-form man into an integrated being. The visual language is capable of disseminating knowledge more effectively than almost any other vehicle of communication. With it, man can express and relay his experiences in object form. Visual communication is universal and international: it knows no limits of tongue, vocabulary, or grammar, and it can be perceived by the literate as well as by the literate. Visual language can covey facts and ideas in a wider and deeper range than almost any other means of communication. Gyoky Kepes arranges his discussion of the language of vision into three areas: Plastic organisation, Visual representation and Toward a dynamic iconography. Large format hardback in fair condition. The boards, being black, show some marking and general fading. There is some creasing to the edges, espe