A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art

Conté: Intro --
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World --
Title Page --
Copyright --
Notes on Contributors --
Foreword --
Preface --
Acknowledgments --
List of Abbreviations --
List of Illustrations --
Maps --
Figures --
List of Plates --
Chronology of Egyptian Kings --
Chronology of Kushite Rulers --
Maps --
Chapter 1: What Is Art? --
Introduction: \"Art\" and the Aesthetic --
The Aesthetic Context --
The Aesthetic Community --
Pictorial Representation --
Idealization --
Enactment --
The Unity of Aesthetic Forms --
Change and Tradition --
What Is Distinctively Egyptian? --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Part I: Methodological Approaches --
Chapter 2: Historiography of Ancient Egyptian Art --
Acknowledgment --
Guide to Further Reading --
References and Bibliography --
Chapter 3: Style --
Introduction --
Early Studies --
Formalistic Analysis --
Stylistic Change and Its Meaning --
Style and Iconography --
Style and Egyptian Proportions --
Semiotics, Hermeneutics, and Style --
The Reception of Style --
Conclusion --
Acknowledgment --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Chapter 4: Connoisseurship --
Introduction --
Predynastic Period --
Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom --
Middle Kingdom --
New Kingdom --
Third Intermediate Period --
Late Period --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Chapter 5: Iconography and Symbolism --
Introduction: What Is Iconography? --
First Phase of Iconographical Research: Emergence (ca. 1900-1950) --
Second Phase of Iconographical Research: Consolidation (ca. 1950-1980) --
Third Phase of Iconographical Research: New Horizons (ca. 1980-2010) --
Showing, Propagating, and Discussing Iconography: The New Mass Media --
Theoretical Reflection on Iconography, Iconology, and Symbolism --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Internet Resources --
Chapter 6: Semiotics and Hermeneutics --
Semiotics. --
Hermeneutics --
Conclusion --
Conception vs Reception: The Role of the Interpreter --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Chapter 7: Gender and Sexuality --
What Are Gender and Sexuality? --
Gender in Ancient Egyptian Art --
Elite Male and Female Figures --
Non-elite Figures --
Figures of Children --
Figures of the King and Royal Women --
Figures of Male and Female Deities --
Gender Structure and Organization in Ancient Egyptian Society --
Sexuality --
Sexuality and Elite Figures --
Nude Female Images --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Chapter 8: Reception and Perception --
Reception and Perception of Art --
Reception and Perception of Ancient Egyptian Art --
Aesthetics --
Conditions of Reception and Perception --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Chapter 9: Representing the Other: Non-Egyptians in Pharaonic Iconography --
The Other --
The Cosmological Role of Foreigners --
Foreigners and Kingship --
Internal Divisions among Foreigners --
The Nine Bows and \"Egyptian Foreigners\" --
The Old and Middle Kingdoms --
The New Kingdom and Later --
Conclusion --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Chapter 10: Interpreting Ancient Egyptian Material Culture --
The Parameters of Ancient Egyptian Material Culture --
Problems in the Interpretation of Ancient Egyptian Material Culture, General and Specific --
Ways of Looking, or Methodologies of Interpretation --
Potential Avenues for Exploration --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Part II: Materials and Mediums --
Chapter 11: Sculpture --
Introduction --
Development of Sculpture --
Methodological Analysis of Egyptian Sculpture --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Chapter 12: Relief --
Introduction --
Chronological Development --
Stylistic Analysis of Relief --
Context and Function: Interpreting the Significance of Egyptian Relief --
Guide to Further Reading. --
References --
Chapter 13: Painting --
Introduction --
The Early Steps of Egyptian Painting --
The Innovative Strength of Dynasty 4 --
Painting as Alternative to Painted Relief --
Painting as Incompleteness, and Incompleteness as an Expression of Eternity --
The First Intermediate Period-Catching the Most Colorful Moments of Life --
The Middle Kingdom-the Province as a Center --
The Second Intermediate Period --
The \"Minoan Painting\" of Palace F at Tell el-Dab\'a --
The New Kingdom and the Peak of Egyptian Painting --
The Palatine Painting of Mid Dynasty 18 --
The Royal Tombs of the New Kingdom --
Ramesside Painting --
The First Millennium BCE --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Chapter 14: Coffins, Cartonnage, and Sarcophagi --
The Function of the Body Container --
Coffin Types --
Coffins and Ancient Egyptian Society --
Coffin Studies Methodologies --
Coffin Development --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Chapter 15: Luxury Arts --
Nothing Can Compare… --
Gifts for the Gods --
Royal Treasures --
Courtiers\' Tickets to Heaven --
Manufacturing Secrets of Antiquity\'s High-Tech Materials --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Part III: Concepts in Art --
Chapter 16: Ideology and Propaganda --
Introduction --
Accessibility --
Royal Propaganda --
Private Propaganda --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Chapter 17: Religion and Ritual --
Introduction --
Art and Architecture as Reflections of Religion --
Festivals and Their Impact upon Architectural Forms --
Religion and Art in the Amarna Period --
Conclusion --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Chapter 18: Narrative --
Definition of Narrative and Narratology --
Visual Narrative --
Visual Narrative in Ancient Egypt --
Examples of Visual Narrative in Ancient Egyptian Art --
Conclusion --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Chapter 19: The Ordering of the Figure. --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Chapter 20: Portraiture --
Approaches to and Definitions of the \"Portrait\" in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: Appreciation and Growth of Collections --
Descriptive Analysis --
Physiognomy and Race --
Individual Likeness and Its Interpretation --
Twentieth-Century Portraiture Scholarship and the Formalist Methodologies --
Current Trends in Portrait Analysis --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Part IV: Interconnections with the Larger World --
Chapter 21: Egyptian Connections with the Larger World: Greece and Rome --
Overview --
Egypt and the Aegean Islands --
Egypt and Greece: The Late Period --
Egypt and Greece: The Hellenistic Period --
Egypt and Rome --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Chapter 22: Egyptian Connections with the Larger World: Ancient Near East --
Introduction --
Predynastic Egypt and Western Asia --
Predynastic Egypt and Early Dynastic Mesopotamia --
The Old Kingdom --
The Middle Kingdom --
The New Kingdom --
New Kingdom Egypt and the Iron Age in Ancient Mesopotamia --
Western Asia and the \"Eastern High Gate\" at Medinet Habu --
Ancient Egypt and the Achaemenid Persian Empire --
Acknowledgment --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Chapter 23: The Art and Architecture of Kushite Nubia --
The Origins of the Kushite Empire --
Dynasty 25 --
Napatan Sculpture --
The Meroitic Period --
The Post-Meroitic Period --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Part V: Reception of Ancient Egyptian Art in the Modern World --
Chapter 24: Egyptomania: Fascination for Egypt and Its Expression in the Modern World --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Part VI: Technology and Interpretation --
Chapter 25: Interpretation --
Traditional Methods, and Their Advantages and Disadvantages --
Possible Productive Future Approaches --
Conclusion. --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Chapter 26: Technology --
Questions Science Can Address --
Pigments and Painting --
Vitreous Materials --
Glass --
Metals --
Ceramics --
Organic Materials Used in Coatings, Paint Binders, and Adhesives --
Conclusion --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Chapter 27: Conservation of Egyptian Objects: A Review of Current Practices in the Field and in Museum Settings --
Introduction --
The Nature of Egyptian Collections --
The Conservation Profession and Current Trends with Special Reference to Egypt --
Egyptian Materials and Their Deterioration --
Field Conservation --
Conservation in Museums --
Conclusion --
Guide to Further Reading --
References --
Index --
Supplemental Images --
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