Monday, 24 January 2011

Pictograms

 Japanese Pictographs

  Pictograms much like Ideograms are  pictures/symbols that represent ideas/concepts, but unlike ideograms they portray a more understandable scene rather than symbol.

the Japanese are famous for mixing Calligraphy with their art work, so in a way most examples of Japanese/Chinese art will contain both pictograms and ideograms (to a certain extent).

in the above picture it is strongly image based with lots of colour, and lots of elements to draw the eye and combined with the symbols will tell a story, all tho due to the fact I cant read these i am unsure as to the story behind it.

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