Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors ix
Foreword xiii
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
List of Abbreviations xix
List of Illustrations xxi
List of Plates xxxi
Chronology of Egyptian Kings xxxiii
Chronology of Kushite Rulers xli
Maps xlv
1 WhatIsArt? 1John Baines
PART I Methodological Approaches 23
2 Historiography of Ancient Egyptian Art 25Diane Bergman
3 Style 39Melinda K. Hartwig
4 Connoisseurship 60Jack A. Josephson
5 Iconography and Symbolism 78Maya Müller
6 Semiotics and Hermeneutics 98Valérie Angenot
7 Gender and Sexuality 120Gay Robins
8 Reception and Perception 141Alexandra Verbovsek
9 Representing the Other: Non-Egyptians in Pharaonic Iconography 155Ann Macy Roth
10 Interpreting Ancient Egyptian Material Culture 175Salima Ikram
PART II Materials and Mediums 189
11 Sculpture 191Melinda K. Hartwig
12 Relief 219Alexandra Woods
13 Painting 249Francesco Tiradritti
14 Coffins, Cartonnage, and Sarcophagi 269Kathlyn M. Cooney
15 Luxury Arts 293Arielle P. Kozloff
PART III Concepts in Art 307
16 Ideology and Propaganda 309Ronald J. Leprohon
17 Religion and Ritual 328Emily Teeter
18 Narrative 344Nadja S. Braun
19 The Ordering of the Figure 360William H. Peck
20 Portraiture 375Betsy M. Bryan
PART IV Interconnections with the Larger World 397
21 Egyptian Connections with the Larger World: Greece and Rome 399Barbara Mendoza
22 Egyptian Connections with the Larger World: Ancient Near East 423Mehmet-Ali Ataç
23 The Art and Architecture of Kushite Nubia 447Peter Lacovara
PART V Reception of Ancient Egyptian Art in the Modern World 463
24 Egyptomania: Fascination for Egypt and Its Expression in the Modern World 465Jean-Marcel Humbert
PART VI Technology and Interpretation 483
25 Interpretation 485Nigel Strudwick
26 Technology 504Richard Newman
27 Conservation of Egyptian Objects: A Review of Current Practices in the Field and in Museum Settings 522Susanne Gänsicke
Index 545