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Visual and written culture in ancient Egypt /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baines, John, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PROLOGUE. Visual, written, decorum
  • WRITTEN CULTURE. Literacy and ancient Egyptian society
  • Four notes on literacy
  • Literacy, social organization and the archaeological record: the case of early Egypt
  • Writing and society in early Egypt
  • Orality and literacy
  • Appendix: updates to chapters. 2-5; comparative studies
  • Ancient Egyptian concepts and uses of the past: third to second millennium evidence
  • VISUAL CULTURE. Introductory note
  • Theories and universals of representation: Heinrich Schafer and Egyptian art
  • Schafer's mottoes and the understanding of representation
  • Colour terminology and colour classification: ancient Egyptian colour terminology and polychromy
  • Stone and other materials: usages and values
  • Communication and display: the integration of early Egyptian art and writing
  • On the status and purposes of ancient Egyptian art.