When writing met art :

Schmandt-Besserat, Denise.

When writing met art : from symbol to story / Denise Schmandt-Besserat. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007. - 134 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

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.

9780292713345 (cloth : alk. paper) 0292713347 (cloth : alk. paper)

2006009609

GBA709763 bnb

013660577 Uk


Writing and art--Middle East.
Art, Ancient--Middle East.

N72 / .W75S36 2007
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