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A companion to ancient Egyptian art / edited by Melinda Hartwig.

Contributor(s): Hartwig, Melinda K
Series: Blackwell companions to the ancient worldPublisher: Chichester ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2015.Description: xvi, 573 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9781444333503Subject(s): Art, Egyptian | Art, Ancient -- EgyptDDC classification: 709.32
Contents:
Definition: What is Art? / John Baines -- Historiography of ancient Egyptian art / Diane Bergman -- Style / Melinda K. Hartwig -- Connoisseurship / Jack Josephson -- Iconography and Symbolism / Maya Muller -- Semiotics & Hermeneutics / Valerie Angenot -- Gender and Sexuality / Gay Robins -- Reception and Perception / Alexandra Verbovsek -- Representing the Other: Non-Egyptians in Pharaonic Iconography / Ann Macy Roth -- Interpreting Ancient Egyptian Material Culture / Salima Ikram -- Sculpture / Melinda K. Hartwig -- Relief / Alexandra Woods -- Painting / Francesco Tiradritti Coffins, Cartonnage and Sarcophagi / Kathlyn M. Cooney -- Luxury Arts / Arielle P. Kozloff -- Ideology and Propaganda / Ronald J. Leprohon -- Religion and Ritual / Emily Teeter -- Narrative / Nadja S. Braun -- The Ordering of the Figure / William H. Peck -- Portraiture Betsy M. Bryan -- Egyptian Connections with the Larger World: Greece and Rome / Barbara Mendoza -- Egyptian Connections with the Larger World: Ancient Near East / Mehmet-Ali Atac -- The Art and Architecture of Kushite Nubia / Peter Lacovara -- Egyptomania: fascination for Egypt and its expression in the modern world / Jean-Marcel Humbert -- Interpretation / Nigel Strudwick -- Technology / Richard Newman -- Conservation of Egyptian Objects: a Review of Current Practices in the Field and in Museum Settings / Susanne Gansicke.
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Reference Reference British Museum
Egypt and Sudan Reference REF. 2.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Not for loan 54063000244130
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Definition: What is Art? / John Baines -- Historiography of ancient Egyptian art / Diane Bergman -- Style / Melinda K. Hartwig -- Connoisseurship / Jack Josephson -- Iconography and Symbolism / Maya Muller -- Semiotics & Hermeneutics / Valerie Angenot -- Gender and Sexuality / Gay Robins -- Reception and Perception / Alexandra Verbovsek -- Representing the Other: Non-Egyptians in Pharaonic Iconography / Ann Macy Roth -- Interpreting Ancient Egyptian Material Culture / Salima Ikram -- Sculpture / Melinda K. Hartwig -- Relief / Alexandra Woods -- Painting / Francesco Tiradritti Coffins, Cartonnage and Sarcophagi / Kathlyn M. Cooney -- Luxury Arts / Arielle P. Kozloff -- Ideology and Propaganda / Ronald J. Leprohon -- Religion and Ritual / Emily Teeter -- Narrative / Nadja S. Braun -- The Ordering of the Figure / William H. Peck -- Portraiture Betsy M. Bryan -- Egyptian Connections with the Larger World: Greece and Rome / Barbara Mendoza -- Egyptian Connections with the Larger World: Ancient Near East / Mehmet-Ali Atac -- The Art and Architecture of Kushite Nubia / Peter Lacovara -- Egyptomania: fascination for Egypt and its expression in the modern world / Jean-Marcel Humbert -- Interpretation / Nigel Strudwick -- Technology / Richard Newman -- Conservation of Egyptian Objects: a Review of Current Practices in the Field and in Museum Settings / Susanne Gansicke.

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