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Muriel Cooper. Đorđević, Goran Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture 2012-09-27T15:16:30Z 2012-09-27T15:16:30Z 1984 1984 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73264 12775412 Thesis (M.S.V.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1984. MICRIFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-126). Is it possible to reason by means of images? If it is, then with what kind of images can we organize thoughts? How can the rules governing the relations between images be established? Could these relations be as complex and productive as those defined within the grammar of the verbal language? The basic construction of an y language, especially a developed one, is a structure of formal rules which regulate the relations between its signs or elements. For verbal language it is a syntax which regulates all relationships between elements of a certain language: alphabet. words and sentences. This work is an attempt to explore and establish a set of formal rules between a large and complex group of standardized visual signs which I call discrete visual structures. A fundamental characteristic of a discrete visual structure is its possibility to be visually represented. The relations between these structures depend primarily on their graphic organization and structural characteristics. Elements of each structure can be presented as finite parts of the plane surface. There are four basic types of discrete visual structures: spatial structure, qualitative structure, state of space and visual process. I have based this presentation of discrete visual structures on two different types of signs: visual and verbal. but the visual presentation of images is the essential subject of this analysis. Verbal signs (written text) are used here as a necessary meta-language in order to communicate the basic ideas on discrete visual structures to the readers. by Goran Dordevic. M.S.V.S. 126 p. eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 Architecture. 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