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When writing met art [electronic resource] : from symbol to story / Denise Schmandt-Besserat.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: 134 p. : illISBN:
  • 0292713347 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780292713345 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 701/.08 22
LOC classification:
  • N72.W75 S36 2007eb
Online resources:
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.
Item type: eBooks
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-127) and index.

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.

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