A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Hartwig, Melinda K.

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Produktbeschreibung

How did ancient Egyptians define "art"-and how did the myriad of artistic works they produced mirror their worldview? A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art presents a comprehensive collection of original essays exploring key concepts, critical discourses, and theories that shape the discipline of ancient Egyptian art. Themes and topics include methodological approaches and theoretical concepts, the development of Egyptian art and its connections with other cultures, technology and interpretation, and current debates surrounding field and museum conservation.

In addition to providing overviews of past and present scholarship on a broad range of topics relating to art in ancient Egypt, readings pave the way for new avenues of exploration that are certain to stimulate ongoing and future debate. With its unprecedented breadth of coverage and impeccable scholarship, A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art is an indispensable reference resource for the field of ancient Egyptian art history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118325094
• Artikelnr.: 42008660

Autorenporträt

THE EDITOR Melinda K. Hartwig is a Professor of Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Art and Archaeology at Georgia State University, USA. She is the author of Tomb Painting and Identity in Ancient Thebes, 1419-1372 BCE (2004) and the Tomb Chapel of Menna (Theban Tomb 69): The Art, Culture, and Science of Painting in an Egyptian Tomb (2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors ix
Foreword xiii
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
List of Abbreviations xix
List of Illustrations xxi
List of Plates xxxi
Chronology of Egyptian Kings xxxiii
Chronology of Kushite Rulers xli
Maps xlv
1 WhatIsArt? 1
John Baines
PART I Methodological Approaches 23
2 Historiography of Ancient Egyptian Art 25
Diane Bergman
3 Style 39
Melinda K. Hartwig
4 Connoisseurship 60
Jack A. Josephson
5 Iconography and Symbolism 78
Maya Müller
6 Semiotics and Hermeneutics 98
Valérie Angenot
7 Gender and Sexuality 120
Gay Robins
8 Reception and Perception 141
Alexandra Verbovsek
9 Representing the Other: Non-Egyptians in Pharaonic Iconography 155
Ann Macy Roth
10 Interpreting Ancient Egyptian Material Culture 175
Salima Ikram
PART II Materials and Mediums 189
11 Sculpture 191
Melinda K. Hartwig
12 Relief 219
Alexandra Woods
13 Painting 249
Francesco Tiradritti
14 Coffins, Cartonnage, and Sarcophagi 269
Kathlyn M. Cooney
15 Luxury Arts 293
Arielle P. Kozloff
PART III Concepts in Art 307
16 Ideology and Propaganda 309
Ronald J. Leprohon
17 Religion and Ritual 328
Emily Teeter
18 Narrative 344
Nadja S. Braun
19 The Ordering of the Figure 360
William H. Peck
20 Portraiture 375
Betsy M. Bryan
PART IV Interconnections with the Larger World 397
21 Egyptian Connections with the Larger World: Greece and Rome 399
Barbara Mendoza
22 Egyptian Connections with the Larger World: Ancient Near East 423
Mehmet-Ali Ataç
23 The Art and Architecture of Kushite Nubia 447
Peter Lacovara
PART V Reception of Ancient Egyptian Art in the Modern World 463
24 Egyptomania: Fascination for Egypt and Its Expression in the Modern
World 465
Jean-Marcel Humbert
PART VI Technology and Interpretation 483
25 Interpretation 485
Nigel Strudwick
26 Technology 504
Richard Newman
27 Conservation of Egyptian Objects: A Review of Current Practices in the
Field and in Museum Settings 522
Susanne Gänsicke
Index 545