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Icon, is a graphic symbol that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object.
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Writing system
3 linksMethod of visually representing verbal communication, based on a script and a set of rules regulating its use.
Method of visually representing verbal communication, based on a script and a set of rules regulating its use.
Writing systems were preceded by proto-writing, which used pictograms, ideograms and other mnemonic symbols.
Cuneiform
3 linksLogo-syllabic script that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Near East.
Logo-syllabic script that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Near East.
The cuneiform script was developed from pictographic proto-writing in the late 4th millennium BC, stemming from the near eastern token system used for accounting.
Logogram
3 linksWritten character that represents a word or morpheme.
Written character that represents a word or morpheme.
Dongba script written with Geba script: Naxi language (Dongba itself is pictographic)
Ideogram
2 linksGraphic symbol that represents an idea or concept, independent of any particular language, and specific words or phrases.
Graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept, independent of any particular language, and specific words or phrases.
Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.
GHS hazard pictograms
1 linksHazard pictograms form part of the international Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).
Hazard pictograms form part of the international Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).
Two sets of pictograms are included within the GHS: one for the labelling of containers and for workplace hazard warnings, and a second for use during the transport of dangerous goods.
Mesopotamia
1 linksHistorical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.
Historical region of Western Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.
The standardized form of each cuneiform sign appears to have been developed from pictograms.
Icon (computing)
0 linksIn computing, an icon is a pictogram or ideogram displayed on a computer screen in order to help the user navigate a computer system.
Petroglyph
0 linksImage created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art.
Image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art.
Around 7,000 to 9,000 years ago, following the introduction of a number of precursors of writing systems, the existence and creation of petroglyphs began to suffer and tail off, with different forms of art, such as pictographs and ideograms, taking their place.
Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas
0 linksVisual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas encompasses the visual artistic practices of the indigenous peoples of the Americas from ancient times to the present.
Visual arts by indigenous peoples of the Americas encompasses the visual artistic practices of the indigenous peoples of the Americas from ancient times to the present.
The southwestern United States and certain regions of the Andes have the highest concentration of pictographs (painted images) and Petroglyphs (carved images) from this period.
Rock art of the Chumash people
0 linksGenre of paintings on caves, mountains, cliffs, or other living rock surfaces, created by the Chumash people of Southern California.
Genre of paintings on caves, mountains, cliffs, or other living rock surfaces, created by the Chumash people of Southern California.
Pictographs and petroglyphs are common through interior California, the rock painting tradition thrived until the 19th century.