Boustrophedon

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Getty AAT: Processes and techniques by specific type

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image-making processes and techniques > writing (processes)

Descripción

The process of writing alternate lines in opposite directions, one line from left to right, then the next from right to left, with the letters in the lines starting at right reversed as in a mirror; found in various ancient instriptions in Greek and other languages. Used metaphorically in analysis of narrative painting to refer to the disposition of the scene from right to left, then from left to right.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263327

Otros términos

  • 犁耕式轉行書寫法 [zh]
  • boustrofedon [nl]
  • bustrófedon [es]
  • lí gēng shì zhuǎn háng shū xiě fǎ [zh]
  • li geng shi zhuan hang shu xie fa [zh]
  • li keng shih chuan hang shu hsieh fa [zh]
  • boustrophedonic [en]
  • 牛耕式轉行書寫法 [zh]
  • 牛耕式轉行書寫 [zh]