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Is drawing a kind of language?

>> No.4564460

Ah yes, the three types of drawings

>> No.4564462

>>4564460
The circle, the square, and the clean square

>> No.4564480
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>>4564446
>Is drawing a kind of language?
Ancient Egyptians thought so.

>> No.4564698

>>4564446
Why are they all in arabic?

>> No.4564710

>>4564446
all drawings communicate is how lovely and big her bazoongas are

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>>4564446
Is language a type of drawing?

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>>4564829
In short: no.
Long story: written language began as drawings but evolved to become mere symbols linked to sounds rather than units with litteral meaning.
Pictogram = a buffalo means a buffalo
Ideogram = the bird means "pharaoh protects"
Logogram=the sound for "bird"
Alphabet/Adjab=weird signs without any sense can be added together to make sounds, effectively letting you write your spoken language in devanagari or arabic or whatever (as long as all sounds exist in the alphabet).
French poets tried to blur the lines again by creating Calligrams; poems with a written form, making the poem into a drawing. Arabs also are found of using Calligraphy to "draw" something through words. As far as functionnality is concerned, written languages stay linked to spoken languages, so no.

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>>4565204
What about the other relationship, symbols within art? What if they are being used consistently, not only by one artist?

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>>4565234
That makes them allegories. It's quite common to disguise messages as real objects in painting. A skull, pearls, particular flowers or even a hand sign can have a hidden meaning, linked to a particular culture/time. As a simple example: here's the hindu god Ganesha, on the bottom left a small mouse is visible praying. This is the human mind, always racing and stressed.

>> No.4565958

>>4564446
the drawing itself is not a language, but languages are used in the creation and interpretation of the drawing.

>>4565204
what about non-verbal communcation? there is such a thing as body language, correct? language is a means of communication

>> No.4565977

>>4565234
did she try to have a chicken or something next to the hyena? what is with that big blur/smudge in a vaguely chicken shape on the floor? the space between the tiles disappears too. it's like predator stealth suit effect. is it a chicken in a predator stealth suit? surreal...