visual literacy
noun
: the ability to recognize and understand ideas conveyed through visible actions or images (such as pictures)
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Market also put the spotlight on the urgent topic of visual literacy.
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Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Willamette’s emphasis on civic engagement, policy, and liberal arts provides PNCA students with a rare breadth of academic tools, while PNCA injects a spirit of experimentation and visual literacy into the broader university community.
—Stephan Rabimov, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 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 goal is to enhance understanding of photography and promote visual literacy for all.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 12 Apr. 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
Continuing its journey dedicated to shaping a more just and inclusive society through visual literacy, PhotoVogue invited artists from around the world to submit work that challenges the traditional notions of beauty.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2023
PhotoVogue’s mission has always been to support talent and influence visual literacy, to help shape a more just, ethical, and inclusive visual world.
—Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2023
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Nargess Banks, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Willamette’s emphasis on civic engagement, policy, and liberal arts provides PNCA students with a rare breadth of academic tools, while PNCA injects a spirit of experimentation and visual literacy into the broader university community.
—Stephan Rabimov, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 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 goal is to enhance understanding of photography and promote visual literacy for all.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 12 Apr. 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
Continuing its journey dedicated to shaping a more just and inclusive society through visual literacy, PhotoVogue invited artists from around the world to submit work that challenges the traditional notions of beauty.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2023
PhotoVogue’s mission has always been to support talent and influence visual literacy, to help shape a more just, ethical, and inclusive visual world.
—Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2023
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“Visual literacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/visual%20literacy. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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