A companion to ancient Egyptian art
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A companion to ancient Egyptian art
(Blackwell companions to the ancient world)
Wiley Blackwell, 2015
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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'
Table of Contents
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 Muller
6 Semiotics and Hermeneutics 98
Valerie 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 Atac
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 Gansicke
Index 545
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