Visualization VocabularyDataviz vocabulary

perception

image

“Meaningful visual form perceived in an instant of perception (in a single glance)” (Bertin, translated).

image

« Forme visuelle significative perçue dans un instant de perception (dans un seul coup d'œil) »

Unité temporelle de perception significative. Ne pas confondre avec la figuration, qui exige plusieurs instants successifs.

Classification

  • perception

Attestation

Sources (139)

6980 occurrences in the corpus; indexed by 6 books

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Cite this entry

Stable addresshttps://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/bertin-image.html

ReferenceTaudière Adrien. 2026. image. In Visualization Vocabulary, version 1.0.0. IdEst. https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/bertin-image.html

BibTeX
@incollection{taudiere2026-bertin-image,
  author    = {Taudière, Adrien},
  title     = {image},
  booktitle = {Visualization Vocabulary},
  year      = {2026},
  version   = {1.0.0},
  publisher = {IdEst},
  url       = {https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/bertin-image.html},
  note      = {CC0 1.0}
}

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