The structural frame: signs, codes, symbols and visual language

What this note covers

1. Art as a language: the premise of the structural frame
2. The core apparatus: signifier, signified, icon, index, symbol, code
3. Reading the visual language: what each formal decision can signify
4. How the structural frame reconfigures the four agencies
5. A repeatable procedure for a structural reading of an unseen plate
6. The structural frame across expressive forms
7. How the structural frame is examined, and what separates a top-band answer

7 sections · 12 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes