When writing met art : from symbol to story

1. Verfasser: Schmandt-Besserat, Denise.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.
Ausgabe: 1st ed.
Umfang/Format: 134 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 1 Datensätze
Online Zugang: Table of contents only
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.