Seeing Perfection: Ancient Egyptian Images beyond Representation

Cover......Page 1
Title page......Page 3
Copyright page......Page 4
Seeing Perfection......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
1 Introduction......Page 7
1.1 Ontology of the Image......Page 10
1.2 About This Element......Page 12
2.1 Mimesis and Idealization: The Concept of twt......Page 15
2.2 The Image as Guide: The Concept of sšmw......Page 18
2.3 The Image as Bodily Presence: The Concept of nfrw......Page 22
2.4 The ka and the Image......Page 27
2.5 The ba and the Image......Page 28
2.6 Conclusion: Egyptian Image Concepts......Page 31
3 Making and Encountering Images......Page 34
3.1 Materials That Matter......Page 35
3.2 Artists, Patrons, and Commissioners......Page 40
3.3 The Aesthetic Dimension......Page 49
3.4 Visible and Invisible Images......Page 53
3.5 Affects of images......Page 57
4 What Can an Image Do?......Page 60
4.1 Image as Material Presence......Page 62
4.2 Images Inducing Changes......Page 70
4.3 Images as Substitute Bodies......Page 74
4.4 Changes of Images......Page 76
5 Conclusion......Page 82
References......Page 84
Acknowledgements......Page 101