Ancient Egypt

It is interesting that in ancient Egypt images and words were often conjoined with one another. Hierglyphs were picture-words usually used to represent certain sounds. The proportional grid used to form Egyptian art to ensure uniformity of design derived from those proportions used to write hierglyphs. Therefore, for the ancients, there was no sharp dividing line between the image and the word.

There is no division or difference in textual learning and visual learning. A deficiency in one leads to a lack in the other, even if one is more developed. A picture might say a thousand words, but a word can conjure up a thousand pictures.