Abstract

MENDEZ ESCARZA, Claudia Rebeca; GARMENDIA RAMIREZ, Gustavo Iván  and  GONZALEZ DE COSSIO, María. Proposal of a method of analysis for visual narratives applied to a pre-columbian codex representing time and space. Zincografía [online]. 2023, vol.7, n.13, pp.202-220.  Epub Aug 04, 2023. ISSN 2448-8437.  https://doi.org/10.32870/zcr.v7i13.151.

This article presents the proposal for an analysis method designed for the study of narratives that use visual language. It was applied on a sheet of the Codex Zouche-Nuttall and arose from the interest in corroborating that Mesoamerican manuscripts use visual signs to convey information.

To define the method, qualitative exploratory research was carried out using documentary review. The shortage of previous studies on methods to analyze visual language led to the definition of a sample of five areas of knowledge. Of these, the following were chosen as the foundation of the proposed method: Narratology, Iconography and both Visual and Information Design.

The results indicate that the method facilitates the identification of visual features, narratological attributes and iconographic motifs of each of the signs. It also helps to categorize the characteristics of signs and scenes in terms of the information they propose. This makes it possible to verbally describe the representations of both time and space in the manuscript.

The method contributes to the understanding and description of the features that are used in the design of signs: symbols and pictograms that express attributes of both time and space.

Keywords : method; analysis; time; space; Codex Nuttall.

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