Gregory Bateson was an English anthropologist, social scientist, linguist, visual anthropologist, semiotician, and cyberneticist whose work intersected that of many other fields. His writings include
Rudolph Arnheim (left) and Bateson (right) speaking at the American Federation of Arts 48th Annual Convention, 6 April 1957 (photo by Eliot Elisofon) American Federation of Arts records, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution