Jean-Claude Golvin

Silent map: the Middle East

Type

Drawing

Equipment used

Black ink, Gouache, Graphite, Paper, Watercolor

Dimensions

79.7 × 224 cm (Overall) 64 × 178.7 cm (Drawing)

Period

antiquity

Geographical area

Location or theme

Ionian Sea

Miscellaneous

Presentation :

Blank map of the Middle East with its relief and waterways. The drawing is in landscape format. It is organized within an ink frame. Inscriptions and traces of watercolor, ink and graphite are visible in the margins.
This is a silent map of the Near East, enabling the subsequent placement of iconograms designating the main sites mentioned in the Bible (completed and published in the special “La bible” issue of Le Point magazine).

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