How to Understand Art – Semiotics & Artist vs Illustrator

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Pretty self explanatory, really. How to understand art* via semiotic approach as well as an outlining of the differences between artist and illustrator.
If you have any questions or comments, hate, love, whatever, post them below and I will do my best to get back to you.

Stuart Hall, Representation: Cultural Representation and Signifying Practices
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Vs-BdyhM9JEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=stuart+hall+representation&hl=en&sa=X&ei=up3mUe6-OoXW0QXHwIDoDA&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA

Bakhtin Dialogic Essays
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JKZztxqdIpgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=bakhtin+dialogic&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Sp7mUZLFNcnF0QWTq4DoBw&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA

Introduction to Saussure
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=f3S2FaquumUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=saussure+semiotics&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qJ7mUYb4EKmQ0AXZjIH4Bg&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAg

Also, sorry if I come across condescending, it’s not my intention, I am inhumanly tired.

*may not apply to all art as some artists are a bit batshit. .(tagsToTranslate)Art (Collection Category)(t)how to

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