visual literacy
noun
: the ability to recognize and understand ideas conveyed through visible actions or images (such as pictures)
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Though mired in various controversies, monumental digital shifts have reshaped essential functions of libraries, compounding typographic and visual literacy with digital literacy as essential concerns.
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Maria Papadouris, JSTOR Daily, 21 Aug. 2025
Market also put the spotlight on the urgent topic of visual literacy.
—Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
The program promotes visual literacy, knowledge sharing, and the discovery of new talent.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2025
This distortion field is now being amplified by artificial intelligence, placing unprecedented demands on our collective visual literacy.
—Glenn Adamson, ARTnews.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Their guru is Edward R. Tufte, a statistician, Yale professor, and author of several influential books on analytical design and visual literacy, most notably The Visual Display of Quantitative Information and Envisioning Information.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2012
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Maria Papadouris, JSTOR Daily, 21 Aug. 2025
Market also put the spotlight on the urgent topic of visual literacy.
—Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
The program promotes visual literacy, knowledge sharing, and the discovery of new talent.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2025
This distortion field is now being amplified by artificial intelligence, placing unprecedented demands on our collective visual literacy.
—Glenn Adamson, ARTnews.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Their guru is Edward R. Tufte, a statistician, Yale professor, and author of several influential books on analytical design and visual literacy, most notably The Visual Display of Quantitative Information and Envisioning Information.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2012
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“Visual literacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/visual%20literacy. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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