perception
figuration
Construction that must be read shape by shape because it does not fit into a single image.
figuration
Construction qu'il faut lire forme par forme faute de tenir en une seule image.
Opposée à l'image : une figuration exige plusieurs instants de perception successifs donc elle est moins efficace.
Classification
- perception
Attestation
- French term: Bertin, Sémiologie graphique, 1967
- English definition: Semiology of graphics: diagrams, networks, maps
Sources (6)
55 occurrences in the corpus
- Bertin, Sémiologie graphique, 1967
- PBIL biostatistics notes (Chessel, Dufour, Thioulouse et al., Lyon 1)
- Semiologie graphique: les diagrammes, les réseaux, les cartes.
- Semiology of graphics: diagrams, networks, maps
- The functional art: an introduction to information graphics and visualization
- Visual complexity: mapping patterns of information
Cite this entry
Stable addresshttps://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/figuration.html
ReferenceTaudière Adrien. 2026. figuration. In Visualization Vocabulary, version 1.0.0. IdEst. https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/figuration.html
BibTeX
@incollection{taudiere2026-figuration,
author = {Taudière, Adrien},
title = {figuration},
booktitle = {Visualization Vocabulary},
year = {2026},
version = {1.0.0},
publisher = {IdEst},
url = {https://dataviz.adrientaudiere.com/en/term/figuration.html},
note = {CC0 1.0}
}Page created on 2026-10-13. Text last changed on 2026-11-10. Numbers computed on 2026-10-22.