Proportion And Style In Ancient Egyptian Art

Author : Gay Robins
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292787742

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Proportion and Style in Ancient Egyptian Art by Gay Robins Pdf

This study of ancient Egyptian art reveals the evolution of aesthetic approaches to proportion and style through the ages. The painted and relief-cut walls of ancient Egyptian tombs and temples record an amazing continuity of customs and beliefs over nearly 3,000 years. Even the artistic style of the scenes seems unchanging, but this appearance is deceptive. In this work, Gay Robins offers convincing evidence, based on a study of Egyptian usage of grid systems and proportions, that innovation and stylistic variation played a significant role in ancient Egyptian art. Robins thoroughly explores the squared grid systems used by the ancient artists to proportion standing, sitting, and kneeling human figures. This investigation yields the first chronological account of proportional variations in male and female figures from the Early Dynastic to the Ptolemaic periods. Robins discusses the proportional changes underlying the revolutionary style instituted during the Amarna Period. She also considers how the grid system influenced the overall composition of scenes. Numerous line drawings with superimposed grids illustrate the text.

Author : Gay Robins
Publisher : Univ of TX + ORM
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292755444

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Proportion and Style in Ancient Egyptian Art by Gay Robins Pdf

This study of ancient Egyptian art reveals the evolution of aesthetic approaches to proportion and style through the ages. The painted and relief-cut walls of ancient Egyptian tombs and temples record an amazing continuity of customs and beliefs over nearly 3,000 years. Even the artistic style of the scenes seems unchanging, but this appearance is deceptive. In this work, Gay Robins offers convincing evidence, based on a study of Egyptian usage of grid systems and proportions, that innovation and stylistic variation played a significant role in ancient Egyptian art. Robins thoroughly explores the squared grid systems used by the ancient artists to proportion standing, sitting, and kneeling human figures. This investigation yields the first chronological account of proportional variations in male and female figures from the Early Dynastic to the Ptolemaic periods. Robins discusses the proportional changes underlying the revolutionary style instituted during the Amarna Period. She also considers how the grid system influenced the overall composition of scenes. Numerous line drawings with superimposed grids illustrate the text.

Author : Erik Iversen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Art, Egyptian
ISBN : 8778760305

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Canon and Proportions in Egyptian Art by Erik Iversen Pdf

Author : Erik Iversen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Art, Egyptian
ISBN : OCLC:254258897

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Canon and Proportions in Egyptian Art by Erik Iversen Pdf

Author : Erik Iversen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Proportion (Art)
ISBN : OCLC:84470673

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Canon and Proportion in Egyptian Art by Erik Iversen Pdf

Author : Melinda K. Hartwig
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781444333503

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A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art by Melinda K. Hartwig Pdf

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’

Author : Christina Riggs
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780199682782

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Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture by Christina Riggs Pdf

Explores the variety of arts produced in Egypt over a span of 3,500 years. Examing the stories behind these objects and buildings, Riggs looks not only at what they can tell us about ancient Egyptian life, but also how their legacy continues to shape the contemporary world.

Author : Sigrid Hodel-Hoenes
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0801435064

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Life and Death in Ancient Egypt by Sigrid Hodel-Hoenes Pdf

"The book provides details of the location, layout, structure, and decoration of the tombs. Hodel-Hoenes addresses subjects such as the two-dimensional art of the Kingdom of New Thebes, the contents of the tombs, the pigments used in the artists' paints, and the symbolism of the colors and the scenes depicted in the tomb paintings and reliefs."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : William Stevenson Smith,William Kelly Simpson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300077475

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The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt by William Stevenson Smith,William Kelly Simpson Pdf

A survey of Egyptian art and architecture is enhanced by revised text, an updated bibliography, and over four hundred illustrations.

Author : Deborah Vischak
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781107027602

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Community and Identity in Ancient Egypt by Deborah Vischak Pdf

This book examines an elite Old Kingdom cemetery at the southern boundary of ancient Egypt, where the local community developed a unique visual expression of texts, images, and architecture in their tombs. Deborah Vischak argues that localized communities are an important source of identity in ancient Egypt.

Author : Amy Gansell,Ann Shafer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780190673178

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Testing the Canon of Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology by Amy Gansell,Ann Shafer Pdf

Testing the Canon of Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology invites readers to reconsider the contents and agendas of the art historical and world-culture canons by looking at one of their most historically enduring components: the art and archaeology of the ancient Near East. Ann Shafer, Amy Rebecca Gansell, and other top researchers in the field examine and critique the formation and historical transformation of the ancient Near Eastern canon of art, architecture, and material culture. Contributors flesh out the current boundaries of regional and typological sub-canons, analyze the technologies of canon production (such as museum practices and classroom pedagogies), and voice first-hand heritage perspectives. Each chapter, thereby, critically engages with the historiography behind our approach to the Near East and proposes alternative constructs. Collectively, the essays confront and critique the ancient Near Eastern canon's present configuration and re-imagine its future role in the canon of world art as a whole. This expansive collection of essays covers the Near East's many regions, eras, and types of visual and archaeological materials, offering specific and actionable proposals for its study. Testing the Canon of Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology stands as a vital benchmark and offers a collective path forward for the study and appreciation of Near Eastern cultural heritage. This book acts as a model for similar inquiries across global art historical and archaeological fields and disciplines.

Author : Adela Oppenheim,Dorothea Arnold,Dieter Arnold,Kei Yamamoto
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781588395641

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Ancient Egypt Transformed by Adela Oppenheim,Dorothea Arnold,Dieter Arnold,Kei Yamamoto Pdf

The Middle Kingdom (ca. 2030–1650 B.C.) was a transformational period in ancient Egypt, during which older artistic conventions, cultural principles, religious beliefs, and political systems were revived and reimagined. Ancient Egypt Transformed presents a comprehensive picture of the art of the Middle Kingdom, arguably the least known of Egypt’s three kingdoms and yet one that saw the creation of powerful, compelling works rendered with great subtlety and sensitivity. The book brings together nearly 300 diverse works— including sculpture, relief decoration, stelae, jewelry, coffins, funerary objects, and personal possessions from the world’s leading collections of Egyptian art. Essays on architecture, statuary, tomb and temple relief decoration, and stele explore how Middle Kingdom artists adapted forms and iconography of the Old Kingdom, using existing conventions to create strikingly original works. Twelve lavishly illustrated chapters, each with a scholarly essay and entries on related objects, begin with discussions of the distinctive art that arose in the south during the early Middle Kingdom, the artistic developments that followed the return to Egypt’s traditional capital in the north, and the renewed construction of pyramid complexes. Thematic chapters devoted to the pharaoh, royal women, the court, and the vital role of family explore art created for different strata of Egyptian society, while others provide insight into Egypt’s expanding relations with foreign lands and the themes of Middle Kingdom literature. The era’s religious beliefs and practices, such as the pilgrimage to Abydos, are revealed through magnificent objects created for tombs, chapels, and temples. Finally, the book discusses Middle Kingdom archaeological sites, including excavations undertaken by the Metropolitan Museum over a number of decades. Written by an international team of respected Egyptologists and Middle Kingdom specialists, the text provides recent scholarship and fresh insights, making the book an authoritative resource.

Author : Corinna Rossi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781107320512

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Architecture and Mathematics in Ancient Egypt by Corinna Rossi Pdf

In this fascinating study, architect and Egyptologist Corinna Rossi analyses the relationship between mathematics and architecture in ancient Egypt by exploring the use of numbers and geometrical figures in ancient architectural projects and buildings. While previous architectural studies have searched for abstract 'universal rules' to explain the history of Egyptian architecture, Rossi attempts to reconcile the different approaches of archaeologists, architects and historians of mathematics into a single coherent picture. Using a study of a specific group of monuments, the pyramids, and placing them in the context of their cultural and historical background, Rossi argues that theory and practice of construction must be considered as a continuum, not as two separated fields, in order to allow the original planning process of a building to re-emerge. Highly illustrated with plans, diagrams and figures, this book is essential reading for all scholars of Ancient Egypt and the architecture of ancient cultures.

Author : Aleksandra Hallmann
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004501317

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Ancient Egyptian Clothing by Aleksandra Hallmann Pdf

This lavishly illustrated book offers a comprehensive analysis of clothing in Late Period Egypt (750 to 332 BC) by examining works of art and archaeological remains. It includes a detailed classification of clothing for the purpose of dating art.

Author : Gay Robins
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Art
ISBN : 0674030656

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The Art of Ancient Egypt by Gay Robins Pdf

An illustrated history of over 3,000 years of Egyptian artwork arranged chronologically from the early dynastic period to the Ptolemaic period.