Key Terms from Lecture #1: Making Language Visible. Sign. Symbol. mark/interval. Logogram. Phonogram. Glyph. Pictogram. Ideogram. Syllabary.

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1 Key Terms from Lecture #1: Making Language Visible Sign Symbol mark/interval Logogram Phonogram Glyph Pictogram Ideogram Syllabary Rebus Conventionalization/schematicization

Title Bird - Headed Man with Bison Larger Entity Lascaux Cave Date 15000 BCE Culture Prehistoric, Paleolithic Classification Painting: Mural Material/Medium limestone Material/Medium paint Geographic

2 Title Bird - Headed Man with Bison Larger Entity Lascaux Cave Date BCE Culture Prehistoric, Paleolithic Classification Painting: Mural Material/Medium limestone Material/Medium paint Geographic Location France, Dordogne Subject Pre-Historic Subject Animals Assigned Terms Archaeological Sites Image Source Stokstad, 3rd edition, p. 9, fig. 1-9 Country France Image ID Resolution Size 4 Format JPEG File Name jpg Width 1138 Height 760

Title Pictograph of the Couna Larger Entity Songs to reach the soul of an invalid Classification Graphic Design: Visual Language Systems Subject Type Design Assigned Terms Typography /

3 Title Pictograph of the Couna Larger Entity Songs to reach the soul of an invalid Classification Graphic Design: Visual Language Systems Subject Type Design Assigned Terms Typography / Calligraphy Assigned Terms Graphic Communications Assigned Terms Visual Communications Image Source Z40 E813 p.18 Image ID Resolution Size 5 Format JP2 File Name 69315d.jp2 Width 2368 Height 1927

Title Cuneiform Inscription Classification Graphic Design: Visual Language Systems Subject Type Design--Calligraphy Assigned Terms Typography / Calligraphy Assigned Terms

5 Title Cuneiform Inscription Classification Graphic Design: Visual Language Systems Subject Type Design--Calligraphy Assigned Terms Typography / Calligraphy Assigned Terms Graphic Communications Assigned Terms Visual Communications Image Source P211 D613 Image ID Resolution Size 5 Format JP2 File Name 69195d.jp2 Width 1988 Height 2756

Image0 [] Field name: Collection Value: Visual Resources Collection Field name: Title Value: Evolution of the cuneiform script Field name: Classification Value: Graphic Design: Visual Language

6 Image0 [] Field name: Collection Value: Visual Resources Collection Field name: Title Value: Evolution of the cuneiform script Field name: Classification Value: Graphic Design: Visual Language Systems Field name: Subject Value: Mesopotamian Art Field name: Subject Value: Type Design Field name: Description Value: The cuneiform script is written from left to right, but there are reasons to believe that it was originally written from top to bottom, in columns running from right to left. For practical reasons a rectangular tablet has to be held differently from the way the earlier square tablets were held. At first the rectangular tablets were turned ninety degrees to the left for the purpose of writing only, but eventually the new position was used for both reading and writing, and in consequence the top-to-bottom columns became left-to-right, top-to-bottom lines. The evolution of the script in this table shows the rotation of the pictographs. Description from Gaur's "A History of Writing" p.49. Field name: Assigned Terms Value: Typography / Calligraphy Field name: Assigned Terms Value: Diagram / Information Field name: Assigned Terms Value: Graphic Communications Field name: Assigned Terms Value: Visual Communications Field name: Image Source Value: P211 G , p.49 Field name: Rights Value: Educational Use (Can be Printed) on Closed Network

Title Papyrus of Any Variant Title Papyrus of Ani Larger Entity Egyptian Book of the Dead Culture Egypt, 19th Dynasty Classification Manuscript Material/Medium papyrus (fiber product) Height 38.

7 Title Papyrus of Any Variant Title Papyrus of Ani Larger Entity Egyptian Book of the Dead Culture Egypt, 19th Dynasty Classification Manuscript Material/Medium papyrus (fiber product) Height 38.1 Width 2377 Repository Name London, British Museum Subject Type Design--Calligraphy Subject Related Arts--Painting Description The Egyptian Book of the Dead was a document that originated in the 18th dynasty, and became an important part of funeral ceremonies and burial objects for the important deceased. Though much of the text is the smae throughout the different versions, the book was usually personalized according to the person to whom it was dedicated. This particular ancient scroll of spells, charms, passwords, and hymns to the Egyptian gods Osiris and Re is the longest known papyrus of the Theban period. The illustrations were completed before the text, as the heiroglyphs are occassionally crowded and written outside the red and yellow border that runs along the top and bottom of the scroll. Any (or Ani), an official in the court of a 19th dynasty king held the title of "Scribe and Accountant of the Offerings of All the Gods." The book contains nearly 200 chapters of prayers and spells, with red hieroglyphics for titles and headings that denote explainations for the text. Assigned Terms Figure Groups Assigned Terms Mythological Assigned Terms Typography / Calligraphy Assigned Terms Ceremonial Assigned Terms Graphic Communications Assigned Terms Visual Communications Image Source Z4 O , p.25 Country Egypt Century 13th C. BCE Image ID Resolution Size 5 Format JP2 File Name 68431d.jp2 Width 2663 Height 1998

Image0 [] Field name: Collection Value: Visual Resources Collection Field name: Title Value: Rosetta Stone Field name: Date Value: 196 BCE Field name: Classification Value: Graphic Design: Visual

8 Image0 [] Field name: Collection Value: Visual Resources Collection Field name: Title Value: Rosetta Stone Field name: Date Value: 196 BCE Field name: Classification Value: Graphic Design: Visual Language Systems Field name: Technique Value: Carving Field name: Material/Medium Value: stone Field name: Height Value: Field name: Width Value: 72.3 Field name: Depth Value: 27.9 Field name: Repository Name Value: London, British Museum Field name: Subject Value: Type Design Field name: Description Value: This stone, discovered in 1799 by Napoleon's army, provided the key to deciphering hieroglyphics and became a foundation for modern Egyptology. The message of the stone is a Ptolomaic decree from Ptolemy V written in three scripts: hieroglyph (the language of the gods), demotic (the commonly written Egyptian script), and Greek. The deciphering of the text is largely credited to Dr. Thomas Young and Jean Francis Champollion who discovered that symbols were occassionally phonograms rather than pictograms, and that they functioned as alphabetic, syllabic, or determinative. Field name: Assigned Terms Value: Historical Field name: Assigned Terms Value: Typography / Calligraphy Field name: Assigned Terms Value: Civic Field name: Assigned Terms Value: Artifacts Field name: Assigned Terms Value: Graphic Communications Field name: Assigned Terms Value: Visual Communications Field name: Image Source Value: Z244.5 M , fig.1-16 Field name: Rights Value: Educational Use (Can be Printed) on Closed Network Field name: Country Value: Egypt Field name: Century Value: 2nd C. BCE

Title Column of Trajan Larger Entity Forum of Trajan Date 113-116 Culture Roman, Imperial Classification Architecture: Monument Technique carving Material/Medium marble Geographic Location Italy,

10 Title Column of Trajan Larger Entity Forum of Trajan Date Culture Roman, Imperial Classification Architecture: Monument Technique carving Material/Medium marble Geographic Location Italy, Rome Description The column, erected in celebration of Trajan's successful military campaigns against the Dacians, portrays these campaigns in a spiraling narrative relief. This images gives testament to the ability involved in carving this exquisite and precise typographic work on the column. Art and War, Lecture 27 Assigned Terms Memorials / Monuments Assigned Terms Figure Groups Assigned Terms Historical Assigned Terms Roman Image Source Stokstad, 3rd edition, p. 208, fig Country Italy Century 2nd C. Image ID Resolution Size 5 Format JP2 File Name 80064d.jp2 Width 928 Height 2389

Title Column of Trajan, detail Larger Entity Forum of Trajan Date 113-116 Culture Roman, Imperial Classification Graphic Design: Typeface Technique carving Material/Medium marble Geographic Location

11 Title Column of Trajan, detail Larger Entity Forum of Trajan Date Culture Roman, Imperial Classification Graphic Design: Typeface Technique carving Material/Medium marble Geographic Location Italy, Rome Subject Type Design--Vernacular Type Description Detail of the inscription on the lowest part of the Column of Trajan. The column, erected in celebration of Trajan's successful military campaigns against the Dacians, portrays these campaigns in a spiraling narrative relief. This images gives testament to the ability involved in carving this exquisite and precise typographic work on the column. The inscription at the base of the Column of Trajan contains some of the finest examples of Roman Square Capitals, the letterform commonly used for important decrees. Intended to be viewed from below, the characters are smaller at the bottom, and gradually shift in size toward the top to give the illusion of proper perspective. Assigned Terms Memorials / Monuments Assigned Terms Historical Assigned Terms Graphic Communications Assigned Terms Visual Communications Country Italy Century 2nd C. Image ID Resolution Size 5 Format JP2 File Name 60067d.jp2 Width 1717 Height 1960

Key Terms from Lecture #1: Making Language Visible Sign: an object indicating the probable presence or occurrence of something else; an indication.

Key Terms from Lecture #1: Making Language Visible Sign: an object indicating the probable presence or occurrence of something else; an indication. Symbol: a thing that represents or stands for something