Signs, Codes, Spaces, and Arts: Papers on General and Spatial Semiotics

Contents
Preface
Part I. General Semiotics
	I.1. METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
		I.1.1. On the Semiology of Sign Means
		I.1.2. F. de Saussure: A Hundred Years Later
	I.2. THEORY OF SIGN
		I.2.1. The Sign Prism: A Spatial Model of Significative Semiotic Means
		I.2.2. To the Theory of Sign
	I.3. DIVERSITY OF SEMIOTIC MEANS
		I.3.1. On the Diversity and Connections of Semiotic Means
		I.3.2. Shifted Comprehension and Psycho-semiotic Distinctions of Its Means
		I.3.3. “Alphabet” and “Palette” as Two Principles of Sense Distinction
	I.4. HUMAN IN SEMIOSPHERE
		I.4.1. “Animal Symholicum” in the Cultural and Natural Semiospheres
Part II. Semiotics of Space
	II.1. SPATIAL SEMIOTICS AS AN AUTONOMOUS DISCIPLINE
		II.1.1. Spatial Semiotics as a Branch of Semiotic Studies
		II.1.2. Aesthetics and Art Theory as Grounds for Spatial Semiotics
		II.1.3. On the Anticipation of Spatial Semiotics in the Cultural Philosophy of Ernst Cassirer
	II.2. SPATIAL SEMIOSIS AS A SPECIFIC WAY OF SENSE EXPRESSION
		II.2.1. Spatial Structures and Sense
		II.2.2. Spatial Semiosis and Time
		II.2.3. Spatial Semiosis in Culture
	II.3. SPATIAL CODES
		II.3.1. Toward Semiotics of Spatial Codes
		II.3.2. The Semiotization of Space and Dynamic Codes
		II.3.3. On Demarcation Code
		II.3.4. Perceptographic Code in Visual Culture
		II.3.5. On Synesthetic Codes
	II.4. SPATIAL TEXTS
		II.4.1. On Structural Peculiarities of Spatial Texts
		II.4.2. Particular Qualities of Semantics and Pragmatics of Spatial Texts
	II.5. CATEGORIES OF SPATIAL SEMIOTICS
		II.5.1. On Semiotized Spaces
		II.5.2. Form as a Category of Spatial Semiotics
		II.5.3. Place and Form in Spatial Grammar
		II.5.4. Borders as a Category of Spatial Grammar
		II.5.5. On the Semiology of Colours
	II.6. SPATIAL SEMIOSIS AND MODELLING
		II.6.1. On Spatial Modelling
		II.6.2. On Semiotics of Pictorial Means
		II.6.3. Structural Similarity and Coding in Pictorial Representation
	II.7. SPATIAL THINKING
		II.7.1. The Languages of Architects’ Thinking
		II.7.2. On the Borders in Space and in Thinking
	II.8. SPATIAL SEMIOSIS IN OBJECT ENVIRONMENT
		II.8.1. Semiotics of Object Environment and Personal Space
		II.8.2. On Semiotic Aspects of Technics
		II.8.3. On Semiotics of Chess Space
		II.8.4. On the Semiotization and Resemiotization of City Space
	II.9. SPATIAL SEMIOSIS IN ARTS
		II.9.1. How is Semiotics of Art Possible?
		II.9.2. Space of Depiction and Visual Codes
		II.9.3. Visual-spatial Codes in Pictorial Arts
		II.9.4. “The Natural Codes” in Arts
		II.9.5. On Visual Synesthetic Codes in Painting
		II.9.6. On Visual-spatial Codes in Architecture
		II.9.7. Constructivism and Spatial Semiotics
		II.9.8. Artist, Viewer and Strategies of Vision
Pictures
Bibliography
Index of author’s papers presented in the book
Index of Names