A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World)

by Melinda K. Hartwig (Editor)

Hardcover, 2014

Status

Available

Call number

709.32

Collection

Publication

Wiley-Blackwell (2014), Edition: 1, 624 pages

Description

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. * Winner of the 2016 PROSE Award for Single Volume Reference in the Humanities & Social Sciences * Features contributions from top scholars in their respective fields of expertise relating to ancient Egyptian art * Provides overviews of past and present scholarship and suggests new avenues to stimulate debate and allow for critical readings of individual art works * Explores themes and topics such as methodological approaches, transmission of Egyptian art and its connections with other cultures, ancient reception, technology and interpretation, * 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'… (more)

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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.

• Winner of the 2016 PROSE Award for Single Volume Reference in the Humanities & Social
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• Features contributions from top scholars in their respective fields of expertise relating to ancient Egyptian art
• Provides overviews of past and present scholarship and suggests new avenues to stimulate debate and allow for critical readings of individual art works
• Explores themes and topics such as methodological approaches, transmission of Egyptian art and its connections with other cultures, ancient reception, technology and interpretation,
• 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’
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Awards

PROSE Award (Winner — 2016)

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

624 p.; 9.7 inches

ISBN

144433350X / 9781444333503

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