The canonical tradition in ancient Egyptian art / Whitney Davis.

Main entry:

Davis, Whitney, author.

Title & Author:

The canonical tradition in ancient Egyptian art / Whitney Davis.

Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.

Description:

xx, 272 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

Series:

Cambridge new art history and criticism

Notes:
includes bibliography: p. 247-267.
1. Introduction --- 2. The canonical representation of figures and groups --- 3. Variability, convention, and laws --- 4. The order of iconography --- 5. Academic production --- 6. The emergence of canonical conventions --- 7. The explanation of invariance: toward a history of the authority of the canonical image.
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Dust jacket.

Summary:

From the beginning of Egyptian dynastic history (c. 3000 BC), Egyptian artists worked within a set of specific rules for image making. The system was established in order to depict and to justify the ambitions of the ancient Egyptian elite, and was so successful that virtually no other forms of image making survive in the archaeological record. This book describes the rules for making correct canonical images at the levels of technique and subject matter, and explores the way in which these rules were expressed and transmitted from artist to artist over 3,000 years. Although it uses up-to-date visual and archaeological data, it presumes no specific knowledge of ancient Egypt and aims to introduce the fundamentals of Egyptian art to readers with general interests in Egyptian art, history and archaeology. -- Publisher description.

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ISBN:

0521365902 (hbk.)
9780521365901 (hbk.)

Subject:

Art, Egyptian Themes, motives.
Art, Ancient Egypt Themes, motives.
Composition (Art)
Art égyptien Thèmes, motifs.
Art antique Égypte Thèmes, motifs.
composition (artistic arrangement)
Art, Ancient Themes, motives
Kunst
Art, Egyptian Technique.
Composition (Art) Egypt.
Composition (art) Égypte.
Egypt
Ägypten
Egypt Antiquities.
Visual arts History

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Cambridge new art history and criticism.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 83248
Call No.: ID N5350.D3; ID:95-B3170
Status: Available

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