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Author Schmandt-Besserat, Denise.

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

Imprint Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description 134 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [117]-127) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Writing and art -- Middle East.
Art, Ancient -- Middle East.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780292713345 (cloth : alk. paper)
0292713347 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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