Barbara Maria Stafford's scientific contributions

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... According to one of the most accepted definitions, an image is a visual sign or representation of something or someone (Hopkins 1998). This definition, based on the principles of mimesis (Taussig 1993) and analogy (Stafford 1999), has been, however, to a large extent, surpassed. In the digital era (Lister 2013), the uses, functions and meanings of images -and especially of photographic and cinematic ones-go beyond the parameters of the semiotic theory of referentiality (Favero 2018). ...