When writing met art : from symbol to story /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schmandt-Besserat, Denise
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.