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Art 104 - Set 1
History of Graphic Design- c.1,2
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Art/Design
Undergraduate 1
05/26/2009

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Cave Paintings 

are the earliest images created by human beings.

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[image]
Definition

 

Pictographs 

are simple picture-symbols used to communicate a concept or idea.

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[image]
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Petroglyphs

are picture symbols scratched or carved into rock.

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[image]
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Cuneiform

is an early form of wriitng from Sumeria.

 

Scribes pressed into clay tablets with a wooden stylus.

Term
[image]
Definition

 

Cylinder Seal

 

A small bead which was rolled onto clay to create an impression.

 

Used to identify the author (scribe).

Term
[image]
Definition

 

 

Hieroglyphs

are pictographs used to express language in Ancient Egypt.

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[image]
Definition

 

Cartouche

 

  • Hieroglyphs surrounded by an oval usually used to express names.
  • Can be read from any direction indicated by a line at one end of the oval.

 

Term
[image]
Definition

 

Frontality

is a convention of Egyptian Art.

  • Figures are presented from the point of view most easily recognized by the viewer.

 

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[image]
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Registers

are horizontal bands

which organize the design space.

 

A convention of Egyptian art.

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[image]
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The Rosetta Stone

 

is an engraved stone which was

the key to "unlocking" hieroglyphic writing.

Term
[image]
Definition

 

An Alphabet


is the symbols which create a wring system.

 

The term comes from the Greek letters 

Alpha and Beta.

Term
[image]
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The Phaistos Disk 

 

was from ancient Crete.

 

One of the earliest examples of a writing system.

Term
[image]
Definition

 

Greek

 

Be able to visually identify this distinctive alphabet.

Term
[image]
Definition


Serif, Ascender, Descender

 

Visually identify the parts of Roman letter forms.

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[image]
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Capitals Monumentalis

 

A Roman letter form which was carved onto buildings and monuments.

 

(Visually identify its characteristics)

Term
[image]
Definition

 

Capitalis Quadrata

 

This Roman SQUARE lettering was carefully done and found on official documents.

Term
[image]
Definition

 

Capitalis Rustica

 

This less formal Roman letterform was used in everyday writing.

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[image]
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Aramaic

 

This writing system was is the ancestor of both Hebrew and Arabic alphabets.

Term
[image]
Definition

Hangul

 

This Korean alphabet is among the most recently developed.

 

It is meant to replicate the position of the mouth and tongue as sounds are formed.

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Writing

Definition

 

 

Writing is a method of human intercommunication by means of arbitrary visual marks forming a system.

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