Format:
1 online resource (439 pages)
ISBN:
9780191518393
Content:
A generously illustrated collection of John Baines's influential writings on the role of writing and the importance of visual culture in ancient Egypt. Investigation of these key topics in a comparative study of early civilizations is pursued through a number of case studies, and characterized by a radically interdisciplinary approach.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of figures -- Conventions -- Chronological table -- Map -- PROLOGUE -- 1 Visual, written, decorum -- WRITTEN CULTURE -- 2 Literacy and ancient Egyptian society -- 3 Four notes on literacy -- 4 Literacy, social organization, and the archaeological record: the case of early Egypt -- 5 Writing and society in early Egypt -- 6 Orality and literacy -- Appendix: Updates to Chapters. 2-5 -- comparative studies -- 7 Ancient Egyptian concepts and uses of the past: third to second millennium evidence -- VISUAL CULTURE -- 8 Introductory note -- 9 Theories and universals of representation: Heinrich Schäfer and Egyptian art -- 10 Schäfer's mottoes and the understanding of representation -- 11 Colour terminology and colour classification: ancient Egyptian colour terminology and polychromy -- 12 Stone and other materials: usages and values -- 13 Communication and display: the integration of early Egyptian art and writing -- 14 On the status and purposes of ancient Egyptian art -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780198152507
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780198152507
Additional Edition:
Print version Visual and Written Culture in Ancient Egypt
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=416031
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