"A picture is worth a thousand words" is a popular expression of authored by the Chinese philosopher Confucius, used for conveying the idea of the power of communication through images.
The meaning of this saying is related to the ease of understanding a given situation through the use of visual resources, or the ease of explaining something with pictures, rather than words (whether written or spoken).
The political thinker and philosopher Confucius (Chiu Kung was its true name) lived between 552 and 479 a. C, and became known as Master Kung, due to his wise sayings.
When Confucius suggests that "a picture is worth a thousand words", he is referring to the use of ideograms, taken as forms of symbolic communication that, when united, formed images that expressed much more than words, but also complete concepts and complex.
Currently, this is a phrase much explored by advertising and advertising, in the sense that visual communication is much more appealing and explanatory than the description or narration of facts.
In this context, the study of semiotics it is crucial for the interpretation and analysis of images as transmitters of messages, concepts and information.
In English, the expression "a picture is worth a thousand words" can be translated to "a picture is worth a thousand words", without losing the original meaning of the popular saying.
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