Professional Documents
Culture Documents
a. exhibit understanding
of visual
communication;
b. outline the history of
visual communication;
and
c. come up with their
original symbol or
image that
communicates an idea.
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These paintings
include
representations of
animals, landscapes,
and religious images,
among others.
A painting in Chauvet Cave, Ardèche, France
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2. Petroglyphs
These are images carved on rocks
believed to have been originated by the
Neolithic people some 10,000 to 12,000
years ago.
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3. Geoglyphs
These are drawings or designs on the
ground produced by arranging gravel,
stones, or soil.
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5. Cuneiform
One of the world’s earliest systems of
writing is the cuneiform script invented
by the Sumerians.
They did so not to write stories or letters
but to organize labor and resources.
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6. Hieroglyphics
It contained a combination of
logographic, alphabetic, and ideographic
elements used by the Ancient Egyptians.
It is said that hieroglyphs emerged from
the pre-literate artistic traditions of
Egypt.
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