A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art

Notes on Contributors ixForeword xiiiPreface xvAcknowledgments xviiList of Abbreviations xixList of Illustrations xxiList of Plates xxxiChronology of Egyptian Kings xxxiiiChronology of Kushite Rulers xliMaps xlv1 What Is Art? 1John BainesPART I Methodological Approaches 232 Historiography of Ancient Egyptian Art 25Diane Bergman3 Style 39Melinda K. Hartwig4 Connoisseurship 60Jack A. Josephson5 Iconography and Symbolism 78Maya Müller6 Semiotics and Hermeneutics 98Valérie Angenot7 Gender and Sexuality 120Gay Robins8 Reception and Perception 141Alexandra Verbovsek9 Representing the Other: Non-Egyptians in Pharaonic Iconography 155Ann Macy Roth10 Interpreting Ancient Egyptian Material Culture 175Salima IkramPART II Materials and Mediums 18911 Sculpture 191Melinda K. Hartwig12 Relief 219Alexandra Woods13 Painting 249Francesco Tiradritti14 Coffins, Cartonnage, and Sarcophagi 269Kathlyn M. Cooney15 Luxury Arts 293Arielle P. KozloffPART III Concepts in Art 30716 Ideology and Propaganda 309Ronald J. Leprohon17 Religion and Ritual 328Emily Teeter18 Narrative 344Nadja S. Braun19 The Ordering of the Figure 360William H. Peck20 Portraiture 375Betsy M. BryanPART IV Interconnections with the Larger World 39721 Egyptian Connections with the Larger World: Greece and Rome 399Barbara Mendoza22 Egyptian Connections with the Larger World: Ancient Near East 423Mehmet-Ali Ataç23 The Art and Architecture of Kushite Nubia 447Peter LacovaraPART V Reception of Ancient Egyptian Art in the Modern World 46324 Egyptomania: Fascination for Egypt and Its Expression in the Modern World 465Jean-Marcel HumbertPART VI Technology and Interpretation 48325 Interpretation 485Nigel Strudwick26 Technology 504Richard Newman27 Conservation of Egyptian Objects: A Review of Current Practices in the Field and in Museum Settings 522Susanne GänsickeIndex 545

Melinda Hartwig is an Associate Professor of Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Art and Archaeology at Georgia State University. She is the author of Tomb Painting and Identity in Ancient Thebes, 1419-1372 BCE (2004).