A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art

Voorkant
Melinda K. Hartwig
John Wiley & Sons, 23 dec 2014 - 624 pagina's
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.

• Winner of the 2016 PROSE Award for Single Volume Reference in the Humanities & Social Sciences
• Features contributions from top scholars in their respective fields of expertise relating to ancient Egyptian art
• Provides overviews of past and present scholarship and suggests new avenues to stimulate debate and allow for critical readings of individual art works
• Explores themes and topics such as methodological approaches, transmission of Egyptian art and its connections with other cultures, ancient reception, technology and interpretation,
• Provides a comprehensive synthesis on a discipline that has diversified to the extent that it now incorporates subjects ranging from gender theory to ‘X-ray fluorescence’ and ‘image-based interpretations systems’

 

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Inhoudsopgave

Connoisseurship
List of Illustrations
2
References
Semiotics and Hermeneutics
1
Gender and Sexuality
5
5
1
Reception and Perception
References
Representing the Other NonEgyptians
1
Interpreting Ancient Egyptian Material
1
References
Sculpture
1
Relief
1
4
Painting
1
Guide to Further Reading
1
Guide to Further Reading
Portraiture
1
4
Egyptian Connections with the Larger
1
References
Religion and Ritual
1
Guide to Further Reading
The Art and Architecture of Kushite Nubia
1
World
1
Interpretation
Technology
1
Guide to Further Reading
Conservation of Egyptian Objects A Review
1

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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen

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Over de auteur (2014)

Melinda Hartwig is the Curator of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian and Near Eastern Art at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, and Professor Emerita, Georgia State University. She is the author of Tomb Painting and Identity in Ancient Thebes, 1419-1372 BCE (2004).

Bibliografische gegevens

TitelA Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
RedacteurMelinda K. Hartwig
UitgeverJohn Wiley & Sons, 2014
ISBN1118325087, 9781118325087
Lengte624 pagina's
  
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