Messaris, Paul.

Visual persuasion : the role of images in advertising / Paul Messaris. - Thousand Oaks, CA ; London : Sage, c1997. - xxii, 297 p. : ill ; 23 cm. + pbk.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-288) and index.

Part 1: Image as simulated reality -- Pictures and reality -- Visual form and style -- Can pictures bridge cultures? -- Part 2: Image as evidence -- Visual truth, visual lies -- Part 3: Image as implied selling proposition -- Editing and montage -- Showing the unspoken.

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Advertising--Psychological aspects.
Visual communication
Commercial art

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