A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art / Edition 1

ISBN-13:	9781444333503
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	11/17/2014
Series:	Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World , #109
Pages:	624
Sales rank:	341,807
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.50(d)

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’