Abstract
Abstract
In this article, we describe how antithesis and metaphoric conceptualization interact with each other and which
rhetorical effects this interaction brings about. We illustrate this interaction with an analysis of seventeen graffiti artworks by
Banksy, who uses the contraposition of visual elements that are characterized by opposite semantic and affective
values. This article contributes to the expanding field of empirical studies of visual/pictorial metaphors and antitheses, in
which artworks are interpreted according to conceptual dynamics and not only in relation to their thematic, semiotic and
representational properties.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Subject
Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics
Cited by
7 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献