A companion to ancient Egyptian art /

A companion to ancient Egyptian art /

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Other Authors: Hartwig, Melinda K. (Editor)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.

Series: Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Literature and culture.

Subjects:

Art, Egyptian.
Art, Ancient > Egypt.

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Call Number: N5350 .C66 2015

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. What Is Art?
  • Part I. Methodological Approaches
  • 2. Historiography of Ancient Egyptian Art
  • 3. Style
  • 4. Connoisseurship
  • 5. Iconography and Symbolism
  • 6. Semiotics and Hermeneutics
  • 7. Gender and Sexuality
  • 8. Reception and Perception
  • 9. Representing the Other: Non-Egyptians in Pharaonic Iconography
  • 10. Interpreting Ancient Egyptian Material Culture
  • Part II. Materials and Mediums
  • 11. Sculpture
  • 12. Relief Alexandra
  • 13. Painting
  • 14. Coffins, Cartonnage, and Sarcophagi
  • 15. Luxury Arts
  • Part III. Concepts in Art
  • 16. Ideology and Propaganda
  • 17. Religion and Ritual
  • 18. Narrative
  • 19. The Ordering of the Figure
  • 20. Portraiture
  • Part IV. Interconnections with the Larger World
  • 21. Egyptian Connections with the Larger World: Greece and Rome
  • 22. Egyptian Connections with the Larger World: Ancient Near East
  • 23. The Art and Architecture of Kushite Nubia
  • Part V. Reception of Ancient Egyptian Art in the Modern World
  • 24. Egyptotnania: Fascination for Egypt and Its Expression in the Modern World
  • Part VI. Technology and Interpretation
  • 25. Interpretation
  • 26. Technology
  • 27. Conservation of Egyptian Objects: A Review of Current Practices in the Field and in Museum Settings.