It illustrates condensation because

the bull represents more than one thing

In Islamic culture, figural representation

was a major aspect of book production in some contexts

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History and Evolution of Typography Weeks One to Three

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1
Epistemology is the study of
neither of the above
the logic of what logic is in historical contexts
both of the above
a culture's techniques of knowledge
2
This early Sumerian clay tablet dates from
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
8000 BCE
3500 BCE
3
Narrative is a symbolic technology that represent things that may happen in the future, seen in
the Book of the Dead
Papyrus of Ani
Magic 8-Ball
Writing of Theuth
4
This early Sumerian clay tablet
employs a combination of pictographs and ideographs
is a record of economic transactions
b and c
uses pictographs to tell a story
5
The Vatican Virgil illustrates proportional depth perspective. It was made around
300 BCE
1130 CE
400 CE
840 CE
6
This cave painting, made between 10 to 15 thousand years ago, in Lascaux, France, illustrates:
angry wasps
the concept of index
cave painting
the concept of condensation
7
Paper codices were being manufactured in Islamic regions by
the 9th century
751 CE
560 CE
11 CE
8
Graphe is/are:
smaller elements of visual representations of geometry
to write, to draw, but also to compose a law
letters that have been etched into stone
the act of etching letters into stone
9
A substrate is:
clay found in ancient Sumerian
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the medium applied to papyrus before ink is used on it
any substance that is written upon: clay, paper, a screen
10
This page is taken from
The Book of Earl
The Book of Durrow
the Book of the Dead
The Book of Kells
11
Condensation makes it possible to
express things we hope will happen
express things that already happened
express things that aren't material
all of the above
12
Chinese ideographs are not necessarily related to the phonetic pronunciation of words, helping
the standardization of spoken language
to develop a simple set of glyphs
communication across dialects
undermine the cultural value of visual language
13
An alphabet is
all of the above
a way of drawing the sound of speech
a set of glyphs
a technique of abstraction
14
This is an example of
late Sumerian pictographs
bronze seal script
bird script
bone and shell script
15
This Stele illustrates the relationship between law and writing. Hammurabi codified law around
300 BCE
1700 BCE
1750 BCE
3100 BCE
16
It illustrates condensation because
Werner Herzog is alarming
the story is reduced to its simplest version
there's water dripping down the wall
the bull represents more than one thing
17
In Islamic culture, figural representation
was a major aspect of book production in some contexts
was forced underground
was only allowed if it was of lions
is prohibited

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