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Early Evidence of Low-Tech Communication in an Otto Dix Painting of 1920
Registro en:
Augmentative And Alternative Communication. Taylor & Francis Ltd, v. 25, n. 4, n. 217, n. 224, 2009.
0743-4618
WOS:000272968300001
10.3109/07434610903322011
Autor
Reily, L
Panhan, H
Tupinamba, A
Institución
Resumen
This paper presents and analyzes a finding that gives evidence of the use of a low-tech communication device long before the formal establishment of the field of augmentative and alternative communication. The device, a simple low-tech alphabet board, is portrayed in a 1920 painting of World War I veterans by German Expressionist Otto Dix. Entitled 'War Cripples,' the painting shows one of the veterans, who sustained severe disfigurement and jaw mutilation resulting in speech loss, pointing to a letter on a chart pinned to his uniform. The analysis of the painting utilized Aby Warburg's methodology for researching the significance of images within the cultural context in which they are produced. 25 4 217 224