In the Ancient world of the pictogram were used in early writings and served as way of information transfer in the form of simple drawings. In the modern world of the pictogram serve as designations of road rules, street indexes, etc.
Value of pictograms in the Ancient world
The pictogram – signs of pictographic writing in the countries of the Ancient world. Pictograms designated the simplest images of such things as the sun, the person or an animal. Pictograms were a prerequisite of Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Chinese writings.
A special role of the pictogram was played in the countries where there was a hieroglyphic letter. In fact, they served as way of information transfer even before emergence of writing. People designated by drawings all that occurred around.
Of pictograms in Ancient China there were hieroglyphs, more difficult on writing, which designated already not just by all clear things, and more difficult concepts. It is interesting that the drawing of the sun and some other objects were represented equally both in Ancient Egypt, and in Ancient China. Further, with complication and improvement of the letter, signs began to differ significantly. But as pictograms could be used only in narrow sense and they did not give those opportunities which the issued language gives, they went out of use. One more reason of disappearance of pictograms – development of society. There were new concepts connected with crafts, technical achievements and complication of religious practices. It became impossible to write down pictograms all innovations.
Value of pictograms in the modern world
In the modern world of the pictogram lost that role that they carried out in the ancient time. Now pictograms can be seen on a desktop of the computer is images of folders, files, programs. Road signs represent pictographic drawings. Thus information is transferred so that any person, including foreigners understood it. Pictograms designate rules of conduct in public institutions. For example, the crossed-out image of the little man who is throwing out garbage in not put place. Such drawings take less places and demand small expenses. Through pictograms of people learns how to utilize a product how to erase and iron clothes. Images of the person in a triangle that everyone could understand that it is the bathroom are located on a door of a toilet. If not pictograms, it should do inscriptions in several languages. Though use of pictographic signs in different countries differs a little, it is simple to understand the general sense to any person. For this reason pictograms enjoy wide popularity in all spheres of life of the modern person - from the computer before street designations. The difference between value of pictograms in the ancient time and in the modern world is in what now drawings is represented by universal concrete objects or actions. Modern people do not use the pictogram in communication, writing of texts, etc. In the Ancient world of the pictogram were only way of transfer of all information.