A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art

Melinda K. Hartwig

John Wiley & Sons, 23 dec 2014 - 624 pagina's

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.

Inhoudsopgave

• Notes on Contributors: ix
• List of Plates: xxxi
• What Is Art?: 1
• Methodological Approaches: 23
• Style: 39
• Connoisseurship: 60
• Iconography and Symbolism: 78
• Semiotics and Hermeneutics: 98
• Gender and Sexuality: 120
• Reception and Perception: 141
• NonEgyptians in Pharaonic Iconography: 155
• Interpreting Ancient Egyptian Material Culture: 175
• Sculpture: 191
• Relief: 219
• Painting: 249
• Coffins Cartonnage and Sarcophagi: 269
• Luxury Arts: 293
• Ideology and Propaganda: 309
• Religion and Ritual: 328
• Narrative: 344
• The Ordering of the Figure: 360
• Portraiture: 375
• Greece and Rome: 399
• Ancient Near East: 423
• The Art and Architecture of Kushite Nubia: 447
• Fascination for Egypt and Its Expression in the Modern: 465
• Technology and Interpretation: 483
• Technology: 504
• A Review of Current Practices in: 522
• Index: 545

Over de auteur

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).

Bibliografische gegevens

• Titel: A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art; Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
• Redacteur: Melinda K. Hartwig
• Uitgever: John Wiley & Sons, 2014
• ISBN: 1118325087, 9781118325087
• Lengte: 624 pagina's