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Ancient Egyptian Animal Fables : Tree Climbing Hippos and Ennobled Mice / Jennifer Miyuki Babcock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Babcock, Jennifer Miyuki, author.
- Series:
- Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; Volume 128.
- Culture and History of the Ancient near East Series ; Volume 128
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fables, Egyptian--Illustrations.
- Fables, Egyptian.
- Animals in art.
- Anthropomorphism in art.
- Art, Egyptian--Themes, motives.
- Art, Egyptian.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, [2022]
- Summary:
- One group of ancient Egyptian drawings has captured the curiosity of scholars and laypeople alike: images of animals acting like people. They illustrate animal fables originally from a larger mythological narrative, making them an integral part of New Kingdom Thebes’s religious environment. This book examines the purpose of animal fables, drawing cross cultural and temporal comparisons to other storytelling and artistic traditions. This publication is also the first thorough art historical treatment of the ostraca and papyri. The drawings’ iconography and aesthetic value are carefully examined, providing further nuance to our understanding of ancient Egyptian art.
- Contents:
- Introduction to the materials
- Artists and Audience: Deir el-Medina and Its Inhabitants
- Understanding Ancient Egyptian Aesthetic Value
- Constructing Visual Narratives in Ancient Egypt
- Animal Fables and Their Purpose
- Contextualizing the Egyptian Imagination: Concluding Thoughts.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- This book examines the depictions of anthropomorphised animals found on ostraca and papyri from Deir el-Medina and considers their narrative and artistic purpose within the religious environment of New Kingdom Thebes.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Miyuki Babcock, Jennifer Ancient Egyptian Animal Fables
- ISBN:
- 9789004466951
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004466951 DOI
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