In Islamic culture, figural representation

was a major aspect of book production in some contexts

to write, to draw, but also to compose a law

any substance that is written upon: clay, paper, a screen

It illustrates condensation because

the bull represents more than one thing

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

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