La genèse de l'écriture. Collection Lâne d'or. Histoire de l’art from the end of 2012

from the end of 2012 to spring 2014

or the Head of Pharaohs and Others

a graphic designer by training

the word blossoms and sheds new light on the half-century of creation that followed: a true tale of truth

crests so remarkable that they are given a name - an author's name - as we attribute to these great accidents of terrain or to these forms that water takes in seas

La genèse de l'écriture. Collection Lâne d'or. Histoire de l’art from the end of 2012The scientific understanding of the genesis of writing stems from the discoveries of Denise Schmandt Besserat. This book presents the material evidence of "tokens," examines their evolution up to the transmission of their functions to clay tablets, and then analyzes the socioeconomic implications of this millennia old process.