Visual Culture



Language lessons

People have always been more or less interested in learning foreign languages because it allows them to open their mind and to exchange thoughts with everybody whereverthey are. But in countries like France or England people have difficulties speaking a language other than their native one. This may be due to the school system or […]

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 Our “visual” culture

One of the most interesting and uncommon features about human kind, making it stand up among all the living kinds is its notion of art. This latter is expressed through the creation of pictures, images, pieces of art, drawings… all requesting our sense of vision. Therefore, our “visual” culture has gained importance throughout times […]

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The question of « our » visual culture

If our world had to be based on one of our five senses, it would definitely be sight. Yet it is not totally reliable (persistence of vision, optical illusions…), it is very complex and allows us to move without harming ourselves. You can tell if an object is nice or not depending on its colour, shape or effect, but when it deals with people, the characteristics are much harder to define […]

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The question of our visual culture

Advertisements, leisure time, we all imagine what the question of a visual culture means and implies. Vision appears to be the easiest sense to excite: in fact we all spend our time looking at something. Our paper when we wake up, out sheet when we attempt to a course, we even use our eyes while eating […]

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