Ancient Egyptian portraiture: history of an idea

"Ancient Egyptian Portraiture: History of an Idea concerns the origin, nature, and removal, the unravelling and explanation of the impasse pertaining to the definition, assessment, and judgement of Ancient Egyptian portraiture. Condensed in the syntagm "different from ours", this impa...

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Main Author: Delli Castelli, Alessio 1979- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
French
German
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2025]
In: Harvard egyptological studies (volume 25)
Year: 2025
Reviews:Ways of Viewing: Interrogating the Idea of Egyptian Portraiture (2025) (Price, Campbell)
Series/Journal:Harvard egyptological studies volume 25
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Egypt (Antiquity) / Image / History
Further subjects:B Portrait sculpture, Egyptian
B Portrait sculpture, Ancient (Egypt)
B Portrait sculpture, Ancient (Egypt) Historiography
B Portrait sculpture, Egyptian Historiography
Online Access: Table of Contents
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:"Ancient Egyptian Portraiture: History of an Idea concerns the origin, nature, and removal, the unravelling and explanation of the impasse pertaining to the definition, assessment, and judgement of Ancient Egyptian portraiture. Condensed in the syntagm "different from ours", this impasse arises from the polarisation and dichotomy of idealism and realism which characterise the three main Egyptological definitions of portraiture. In offering a transcendental definition of art and portraiture that is anthropologically valid, the overarching aim of this book is to challenge assessments of Egyptian art and portraiture based on historically particularistic concepts that are foreign to its cultural premises and development"--
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 745-815, Index
Physical Description:XXV, 829 Seiten, Illustrationen
ISBN:978-90-04-71467-0