Podcast #4 Greek Alphabet

How did Greeks come in contact with the Phoenicians?
the phoenicians regularly traveled to greece and established trade agreements with them


How was the Greek adaptation of the alphabet different from its predecessor?
additional letters were included and some of the constants were adapted as vowels


Why is the Greek alphabet considered to be the world's first true alphabet?
It rose above all the other alphabets


Name several similarities and differences between the Greek and modern English alphabets?
















There are a few extra letters and the way that they look is very different, the way they pronounce the letters is different too





Post an example of the Greek alphabet in visual form.

Podcast #4 Phoenician Alphabet

The Phoenician alphabet is based on what principle?
Its a variation of hieroglyphics, ties with cuneiform or an independent creation, principle that one sound sign represents one spoken word


Describe the shape of the letters and what tool created them?
A lot of the shapes are a visual image of what they sound like whe you say then but they are made with a stylus, most shapes were angular and straight


What two reasons made the Phoenician alphabet so successful?
Constrasted withother scripts, complex characters, trading culture


What long term effects on the social structures of civilizations did the Phoenicians have with the creation of their alphabet?



Its simplicity allowed it to be used in multiple languages
Post an example of the Phoenician alphabet in visual form

Assignment 14 Research and Inspiration

Brainstorming:




Audience:

- Photographers that would want to be in the PPA

- Any person with a career in photography




Adjectives:

- Exciting

- Colorful

- Pops




Inspirations:




I really like this one just because of the colors, i would probably not have everything so centered and perfect but i like the pictures and the way the colors flow.




I LOVE this one because of all the vibrant colors and the different lines because it helps you move through the piece, it doesn't have enough room for everything i'm putting on mine but i love the use of the squiggly circles and the flowy lines.




I dont love this one but the reason i chose it is because i really like the arrangement of the words and how they put different things different ways.






I chose this as one of my inspirations because i like the way they put the headline and how they emphasized some of the important pictures and how its so colorful and fun, this one really caught my eye.

Visual Organization

Visual Organization: A way that a designer can follow on how to organize a page layout

- not directing an audience through a design is misdirecting them




EYE MOVEMENT 


- left to right; top to bottom

- controlling eye movement within a composition is a matter of directing the natural scanning tendency of the viewers eye

- eye tends to gravitative towards complexity first, in pictures of people the eye is always attracted to the face and the eye of the portrait

- light areas of a composition will also attract the eye, especially when adjacent to dark areas

- diagonal designs or elements will also guide eye movement




Optical Center: The spot where the human eye tends to enter the page. Optical center is slightly above the exact center and just to the left

- takes a compelling object to pull your eyes away from this spot

Z PATTERN


- our visual pattern makes a sweep of the page, generally in the shape of a Z

- effective page design maps a viewers route through the information. The designers objective is to lead the viewers eye to the important elements or information; put things in order of importance

FONTS


- use no more than two fonts

- make sure the fonts compliment each other

- avoid all caps unless necessary

- choose the right font (make it go accordingly to theme and tone)

- do not over use fancy and complicated fonts, unless for headline

Reference:
ww.typography.com/email/2010_0320110_03/index.htm

VISUAL HIERARCHY

- will establish focal points based on their importance to the message

- a crucial part is the establish an order of elements, a visual structure, to help the viewer

- what do you want your view to see first

THE GRID


- way of organizing content on a page using combinations of margins, guide lines, rows and columns

-instituted by modernism

-can break the audience by breaking info into manageable chunks and establishing relationships between text and images

-distinct set of alignment based relationships that act as guides for distributing elements across a format

-every design requires a different grid structure

-helps clarify a message being communicated and to unify the elements

Podcast #3 Hieroglyphics

In the sixth century BC, what three civilizations invaded Egypt?
Persian, greeks, romans


Post an example of the inside wall(s) of an Ancient Egyptian temple.





What was discovered on the inside of the temples?
Carved Paintings

Scholars believe that Ancient Egyptians were inspired and influenced by which written language?
Cuneiform; Sumerian concept

What is the difference between logographic and alphabetic elements?
logo- visual symbols, Alpha- document writing

The term Hieroglyphic derived from what two Greek words?
Heiro- sacred Glyphic- writing

What is a scribe?
Writing or pictures

Who else was trained to read and write? Why?
Students, military leaders, Gods, Godesses, Preists



Post an example of hieroglyphics on papyrus.

What is papyrus and how was it made?
Made from reeds and were criss crossed on eachother then rubbed by stone until smooth

What is a substrate?


What were the Books of the Dead?
Instructions and spells put together to help them into their way on the after life

How did Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics become a forgotten language?
BEcause hey were used by persians until the egypts could read and write so they didnt need them anymore

Post an example of the Rosetta Stone.

What is the Rosetta Stone? Where was it discovered?
in rosetta and it is a stone hat has writing al over it


What three languages are included on the stone?
Egyptian hieroglyphics, demotic and greek


Why couldn't the text on the Stone be deciphered?
Because a chunk of the stone was missing and none of the three texts were complete

Who finally deciphered the text? What was his breakthrough?
Jean Francois Champollion, when he could match up the hieroglyphics symbols with the greek version of the name pharaoh ramses

Why does the interpretation of the Rosetta Stone have such significance?
Because now we know so much about ancient egyptians and egyptian heiroglyphics

Podcast #2 Cuneiform

The Sumerians were one of the earliest types of this kind of civilization? What does that mean?
History of our first written language,


Why is the region of Sumer considered the Cradle of Civilization?
Where cuneiform was created


What could the Sumerians practice year round because of the regions climate?
Practice agriculture







Post an example of early Cuneiform (Sumerian pictograph).





Why was Cuneiform created?
To help track buissness transactions


What medium was used to "write" Cuneiform? Explain the process of preparing and writing on this surface?
Wet clay, form into a flat surface, use wedge shaped stylus to make impressions on the clay surface, they would lay it in the sun for it to dry and harden


What did Cuneiform begin as a series of?
Pictographs

Post an example of evolved Cuneiform (wedge-shaped).








After it evolved over time, what shape did the characters of Cuneiform evolve into?
Wedge shaped




Post an example of Akkadian Cuneiform.





After the Akkadians conquered, what happened to the Sumerian culture and written language?
The akkadians adapted to it


What is a pictograph?
Pictorial or visual representation of an object


Why did the creation of Cuneiform allow the Sumerians to become a sophisticated culture?
Because they had a way to communicate

Podcast #1 Cave Paintings

What are cave paintings?
When the cavemen could not write letters or numbers they visually communicated what they wanted to say through cave pantings, representations found on the ceilings of caves

Name several common themes found in cave paintings?
Large animals, tracing of human hands, abstract pattern

How were these paintings created (tools, pigments)?
Water, plant juice, animal blood, soil, charcoal,hematte

What is the most famous cave painting site? When was it discovered and by whom?
Lascaux, 14 year old boys on accident, 1940




Post an example of cave painting(s) from this cave.







Why did this cave have to be closed? What was done to satisfy public curiosity?
Paintings were beings damaged by the carbon dioxide from the tourists, french gov. created lascoux 2



Post an example of cave painting(s) from Altamira cave.






In Altamira cave, why do most of the paintings have a red hue?
From the red clay in the soil


Who discovered this site? How old are the paintings confirmed to be?
Marceline Sanz De Sautuola and his daughter Maria, 19,00 years old


What is the oldest known cave painting site? When was it discovered and by whom?
Chauvet-point arc, 1994, 3 spedeologist, Eliette Deschamps, Christian Hillare, Jean-Marie Chauvet


Post an example of cave painting(s) from this cave.










What was different about the painting techniques at this site?
Walls were scraped clear of debris, 3d effects, fossilized remains to make paintbrushes



What is "speleology"?
Person who explores caves

What three reasons do archeologists and historians believe prehistoric man created cave paintings?
Tell a story
Instructional visual aid on hunting
Magical or Religious reasons