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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Auteur principal: Delli Castelli, Alessio 1979- (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Allemand
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: Leiden Boston Brill [2025]
Dans: Harvard egyptological studies (volume 25)
Année: 2025
Recensions:Ways of Viewing: Interrogating the Idea of Egyptian Portraiture (2025) (Price, Campbell)
Collection/Revue:Harvard egyptological studies volume 25
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Égypte (Antiquité) / Portrait / Histoire
Sujets non-standardisés:B Portrait sculpture, Egyptian
B Portrait sculpture, Ancient (Egypt)
B Portrait sculpture, Ancient (Egypt) Historiography
B Portrait sculpture, Egyptian Historiography
Accès en ligne: Table des matières
Édition parallèle:Électronique
Électronique
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Résumé:"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"--
Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 745-815, Index
Description matérielle:XXV, 829 Seiten, Illustrationen
ISBN:978-90-04-71467-0