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 (4700−3700 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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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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spelling	doaj-637a907d76e244dbbd2d0d6eca34fd3f2020-11-25T00:22:50ZengMDPI AGArts2076-07522019-07-01837910.3390/arts8030079arts8030079Early Visual Communication: Introducing the 6000-Year-Old <i>Buon Frescoes</i> from Teleilat Ghassul, JordanBernadette Drabsch0Stephen Bourke1School of Creative Industries, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, AustraliaPella Project, NEAF, SOPHI, A14, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaThe collection of 5th Millennium BCE frescoes from the Chalcolithic (4700−3700 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 includes intricate geometric designs, scenes illustrative of a stratified and complex society, and possibly early examples of landscape vistas. These artworks were produced by specialists using the <i>buon fresco</i> technique, and provide a visual archive documenting a fascinating, and largely unknown culture. This paper will consider the place these pictorial artefacts hold in the prehistory of art.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/8/3/79artfrescoesTeleilat GhassulJordanpreliterate artchalcolithicSouthern Levantvisual communicationiconographysocial hierarchy
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author_facet	Bernadette Drabsch Stephen Bourke
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title	Early Visual Communication: Introducing the 6000-Year-Old <i>Buon Frescoes</i> from Teleilat Ghassul, Jordan
title_short	Early Visual Communication: Introducing the 6000-Year-Old <i>Buon Frescoes</i> from Teleilat Ghassul, Jordan
title_full	Early Visual Communication: Introducing the 6000-Year-Old <i>Buon Frescoes</i> from Teleilat Ghassul, Jordan
title_fullStr	Early Visual Communication: Introducing the 6000-Year-Old <i>Buon Frescoes</i> from Teleilat Ghassul, Jordan
title_full_unstemmed	Early Visual Communication: Introducing the 6000-Year-Old <i>Buon Frescoes</i> from Teleilat Ghassul, Jordan
title_sort	early visual communication: introducing the 6000-year-old <i>buon frescoes</i> from teleilat ghassul, jordan
publisher	MDPI AG
series	Arts
issn	2076-0752
publishDate	2019-07-01
description	The collection of 5th Millennium BCE frescoes from the Chalcolithic (4700−3700 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 includes intricate geometric designs, scenes illustrative of a stratified and complex society, and possibly early examples of landscape vistas. These artworks were produced by specialists using the <i>buon fresco</i> technique, and provide a visual archive documenting a fascinating, and largely unknown culture. This paper will consider the place these pictorial artefacts hold in the prehistory of art.
topic	art frescoes Teleilat Ghassul Jordan preliterate art chalcolithic Southern Levant visual communication iconography social hierarchy
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Early Visual Communication: Introducing the 6000-Year-Old <i>Buon Frescoes</i> from Teleilat Ghassul, Jordan

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