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| + | [[Image:The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David (1793).jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[The Death of Marat]]'' ([[1793]]) by [[Jacques-Louis David]]]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Alle Weissheit ist bey Gott dem Herrn...by anonymous.jpg |thumb|right|200px|''[[Alle Weissheit ist bey Gott dem Herrn...]]'', informal title of a calligraphy of the [[Sirach]] by an anonymous artist]] | ||
| + | [[Image:The Poor Poet by Carl Spitzweg.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[The Poor Poet]]'' (1839) is a painting by [[Carl Spitzweg]]]] | ||
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| - | :''[[literature]], [[reading]], [[letter]]'' | ||
| '''Writing''', in its most common sense, is the preservation and the preserved text on a [[medium]], with the use of [[sign]]s or [[symbol]]s. In that regard, it is to be distinguished from [[illustrating]] such as [[cave drawing]]s and [[painting]]s on the one hand, and [[author]]ing such as [[tape recording]]s, and [[film]] or [[movies]], on the other. Writing was first invented by the ancient [[Mesopotamians]]. | '''Writing''', in its most common sense, is the preservation and the preserved text on a [[medium]], with the use of [[sign]]s or [[symbol]]s. In that regard, it is to be distinguished from [[illustrating]] such as [[cave drawing]]s and [[painting]]s on the one hand, and [[author]]ing such as [[tape recording]]s, and [[film]] or [[movies]], on the other. Writing was first invented by the ancient [[Mesopotamians]]. | ||
| == Historical significance of writing systems == | == Historical significance of writing systems == | ||
| Historians draw a distinction between [[prehistory]] and [[history]], with history defined by the advent of writing. The [[cave painting]]s and petroglyphs of prehistoric peoples can be considered precursors of writing, but are not considered writing because they did not represent language directly. | Historians draw a distinction between [[prehistory]] and [[history]], with history defined by the advent of writing. The [[cave painting]]s and petroglyphs of prehistoric peoples can be considered precursors of writing, but are not considered writing because they did not represent language directly. | ||
| - | ==Importance of movable type== | ||
| - | *[[Walter Benjamin on movable type]] | ||
| - | All excerpts on [[movable type]] printing and writing in Walter Benjamin's "[[The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction]]". | ||
| - | :[W]ith the woodcut graphic art became mechanically reproducible for the first time, long before script became reproducible by print. The enormous changes which printing, the mechanical reproduction of writing, has brought about in literature are a familiar story. However, within the phenomenon which we are here examining from the perspective of world history, print is merely a special, though particularly important, case. --The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1935/1936) - Walter Benjamin | ||
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| - | :[L]ithography enabled graphic art to illustrate everyday life, and it began to keep pace with printing. [in its ability to keep up with the speed of writing. --The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1935/1936) - Walter Benjamin | ||
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| - | :[F]or centuries a small number of writers were confronted by many thousands of readers. This changed toward the end of the last century. With the increasing extension of the press, which kept placing new political, religious, scientific, professional, and local organs before the readers, an increasing number of readers became writers - at first, occasional ones. It began with the daily press opening to its readers space for 'letters to the editor.' And today there is hardly a gainfully employed European who could not, in principle, find an opportunity to publish somewhere or other comments on his work, grievances, documentary reports, or that sort of thing. Thus, the distinction between author and public is about to lose its basic character. The difference becomes merely functional; it may vary from case to case. At any moment the reader is ready to turn into a writer.] --The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1935/1936) - Walter Benjamin | ||
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| - | See also: Prehistory - history - recording - writing | ||
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| - | Graphocentrism | ||
| == Namesakes == | == Namesakes == | ||
| - | *''[[Writing on Drugs]]'' | + | *''[[Writing on Drugs]]'', 1999, Sadie Plant |
| + | *''[[Writing Degree Zero]]'', 1953, Roland Barthes | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Effects of movable type printing on culture]] | ||
| + | *[[Walter Benjamin on the importance of printing and movable type ]] | ||
| *[[Constrained writing]] | *[[Constrained writing]] | ||
| *[[Automatic writing]] | *[[Automatic writing]] | ||
| + | *[[Literature]] | ||
| + | *[[Reading]] | ||
| + | *[[Letter]] | ||
| *[[Women's writing in English]] | *[[Women's writing in English]] | ||
| - | *[[Writing process]] | + | *[[Writer]]s |
| - | *''[[The Writing of the Disaster]]'' | + | |
| - | *''[[Writing and Difference]]'' | + | |
| - | *''[[Writing Degree Zero]]'' | + | |
| *[[Travel writing]] | *[[Travel writing]] | ||
| + | *[[Writing about music is like dancing about architecture]] | ||
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Writing, in its most common sense, is the preservation and the preserved text on a medium, with the use of signs or symbols. In that regard, it is to be distinguished from illustrating such as cave drawings and paintings on the one hand, and authoring such as tape recordings, and film or movies, on the other. Writing was first invented by the ancient Mesopotamians.
Historical significance of writing systems
Historians draw a distinction between prehistory and history, with history defined by the advent of writing. The cave paintings and petroglyphs of prehistoric peoples can be considered precursors of writing, but are not considered writing because they did not represent language directly.
Namesakes
- Writing on Drugs, 1999, Sadie Plant
- Writing Degree Zero, 1953, Roland Barthes
See also
- Effects of movable type printing on culture
- Walter Benjamin on the importance of printing and movable type
- Constrained writing
- Automatic writing
- Literature
- Reading
- Letter
- Women's writing in English
- Writers
- Travel writing
- Writing about music is like dancing about architecture
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