Early Visual Communication: Introducing the 6000-Year-Old <i>Buon Frescoes</i> from Teleilat Ghassul, Jordan

Early Visual Communication: Introducing the 6000-Year-Old <i>Buon Frescoes</i> from Teleilat Ghassul, Jordan

The collection of 5th Millennium BCE frescoes from the Chalcolithic (4700&#8722;3700 BC) township of Teleilat Ghassul, Jordan, are vital signposts for our understanding of early visual communication systems and the role of art in preliterate societies. The collection of polychrome wall murals in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bernadette Drabsch, Stephen Bourke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-07-01
Series:Arts
Subjects:
art
frescoes
Teleilat Ghassul
Jordan
preliterate art
chalcolithic
Southern Levant
visual communication
iconography
social hierarchy
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/8/3/79

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