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