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A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art


A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art


Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World 1. Aufl.

von: Melinda K. Hartwig

149,99 €

Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 23.12.2014
ISBN/EAN: 9781118325087
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 624

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<i>A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art</i> presents a comprehensive collection of original essays exploring key concepts, critical discourses, and theories that shape the discipline of ancient Egyptian art.<br /> <br /> <p><i>• Winner of the 2016 PROSE Award for Single Volume Reference in the Humanities & Social Sciences</i><br />• Features contributions from top scholars in their respective fields of expertise relating to ancient Egyptian art<br /> • Provides overviews of past and present scholarship and suggests new avenues to stimulate debate and allow for critical readings of individual art works<br /> • Explores themes and topics such as methodological approaches, transmission of Egyptian art and its connections with other cultures, ancient reception, technology and interpretation,<br /> • 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’<br /><br /></p>
<p>Notes on Contributors ix</p> <p>Foreword xiii</p> <p>Preface xv</p> <p>Acknowledgments xvii</p> <p>List of Abbreviations xix</p> <p>List of Illustrations xxi</p> <p>List of Plates xxxi</p> <p>Chronology of Egyptian Kings xxxiii</p> <p>Chronology of Kushite Rulers xli</p> <p>Maps xlv</p> <p>1 WhatIsArt? 1<br /><i>John Baines</i></p> <p><b>PART I Methodological Approaches 23</b></p> <p>2 Historiography of Ancient Egyptian Art 25<br /><i>Diane Bergman</i></p> <p>3 Style 39<br /><i>Melinda K. Hartwig</i></p> <p>4 Connoisseurship 60<br /><i>Jack A. Josephson</i></p> <p>5 Iconography and Symbolism 78<br /><i>Maya Müller</i></p> <p>6 Semiotics and Hermeneutics 98<br /><i>Valérie Angenot</i></p> <p>7 Gender and Sexuality 120<br /><i>Gay Robins</i></p> <p>8 Reception and Perception 141<br /><i>Alexandra Verbovsek</i></p> <p>9 Representing the Other: Non-Egyptians in Pharaonic Iconography 155<br /><i>Ann Macy Roth</i></p> <p>10 Interpreting Ancient Egyptian Material Culture 175<br /><i>Salima Ikram</i></p> <p><b>PART II Materials and Mediums 189</b></p> <p>11 Sculpture 191<br /><i>Melinda K. Hartwig</i></p> <p>12 Relief 219<br /><i>Alexandra Woods</i></p> <p>13 Painting 249<br /><i>Francesco Tiradritti</i></p> <p>14 Coffins, Cartonnage, and Sarcophagi 269<br /><i>Kathlyn M. Cooney</i></p> <p>15 Luxury Arts 293<br /><i>Arielle P. Kozloff</i></p> <p><b>PART III Concepts in Art 307</b></p> <p>16 Ideology and Propaganda 309<br /><i>Ronald J. Leprohon</i></p> <p>17 Religion and Ritual 328<br /><i>Emily Teeter</i></p> <p>18 Narrative 344<br /><i>Nadja S. Braun</i></p> <p>19 The Ordering of the Figure 360<br /><i>William H. Peck</i></p> <p>20 Portraiture 375<br /><i>Betsy M. Bryan</i></p> <p><b>PART IV Interconnections with the Larger World 397</b></p> <p>21 Egyptian Connections with the Larger World: Greece and Rome 399<br /><i>Barbara Mendoza</i></p> <p>22 Egyptian Connections with the Larger World: Ancient Near East 423<br /><i>Mehmet-Ali Ataç</i></p> <p>23 The Art and Architecture of Kushite Nubia 447<br /><i>Peter Lacovara</i></p> <p><b>PART V Reception of Ancient Egyptian Art in the Modern World 463</b></p> <p>24 Egyptomania: Fascination for Egypt and Its Expression in the Modern World 465<br /><i>Jean-Marcel Humbert</i></p> <p><b>PART VI Technology and Interpretation 483</b></p> <p>25 Interpretation 485<br /><i>Nigel Strudwick</i></p> <p>26 Technology 504<br /><i>Richard Newman</i></p> <p>27 Conservation of Egyptian Objects: A Review of Current Practices in the Field and in Museum Settings 522<br /><i>Susanne Gänsicke</i></p> <p>Index 545</p>
<p>“No other work comes close to providing such an introduction to the ideas and bibliography of Egyptian art history; many of its chapters stand alone as thought-provoking essays of particular use to students; and in documenting the state of Egyptian art history it points to several productive paths forward. . . A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art thus serves not only as an introduction to art-historical theory for Egyptologists but also as a call to arms for the field.  We should answer.”  (<i>College Art Association</i>, October 2015)</p> <p>"Such a multidisciplinary approach to Egyptian art is new. These articles describe, from a number of different perspectives, how ancient Egyptian art 'worked' and will be of special interest to those who wonder why Pharaonic imagery is so distinctive." (<i>Ancient Egypt</i>, 1 February 2015)</p> <p>“Edited volumes can vary in consistency and relevance but <i>A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art</i> is strong in these areas. This work certainly fulfills a need in the current literature of ancient Egyptian art history and I am very glad to have it on my shelf, both for myself and for my students. (I am currently using this volume extensively in an upper-level undergraduate Egyptian art course.)” (<i>Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, </i>52, 2016) </p>
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).
How did ancient Egyptians define “art”—and how did the myriad artistic works they produced mirror their worldview? <i>A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art</i> 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, transmission of Egyptian art and its connections with other cultures, ancient reception, technology and interpretation, and current debates surrounding field and museum conservation.<br /> <br /> <p>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, <i>A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art</i> is an indispensible reference resource for the field of ancient Egyptian art history.</p>

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