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When writing met art : from symbol to story / Denise Schmandt-Besserat.
LIBRA N72.W75 S36 2007
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schmandt-Besserat, Denise.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Writing and art--Middle East.
- Writing and art.
- Art, Ancient--Middle East.
- Art, Ancient.
- Middle East.
- Physical Description:
- 134 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- Schmandt-Besserat's pioneering investigation of the interface between writing and art documents a key turning point in human history, when two of our most fundamental information media reciprocally multiplied their capacities to communicate. When writing met art, literate civilization was born.
- Contents:
- Introduction : Writing and art
- How writing shaped art.
- Pottery painting
- Glyptic
- The Uruk vase : sequential narrative
- Wall and floor painting
- How art shaped writing
- Funerary inscriptions
- Votive and dedicatory inscriptions
- The stele of Hammurabi
- Conclusion : the interface between writing and art.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [117]-127) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780292713345
- 0292713347
- OCLC:
- 65425764
- Online:
- Publisher description
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