Ancient Egyptian portraiture : history of an idea / by Alessio Delli Castelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Delli Castelli, Alessio, 1979- author.

Series:

Harvard Egyptological studies ; v. 25.

Harvard Egyptological studies, 2352-7501 ; volume 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Portrait sculpture, Egyptian.

Portrait sculpture, Ancient--Egypt.

Portrait sculpture, Ancient.

Portrait sculpture, Egyptian--Historiography.

Portrait sculpture, Ancient--Egypt--Historiography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The contribution of ancient Egyptian portraiture to Egyptology and history of art. Definition and phenomenology of ancient Egyptian portraiture; Critique of the Egyptological literature

History of the notion of portraiture in Egyptological studies. Egyptian portraiture in general studies; Excursus : the definition of portraiture in the context of specialist studies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Delli Castelli, Alessio, 1979- Ancient Egyptian portraiture

ISBN:

9004714685

9789004714687

OCLC:

1485491530

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