Overview

Egyptologists have been debating for decades about whether or not Egyptian images classify as art. Nevertheless, the term 'art' still serves as a guiding concept for Egyptology. Kai Widmaier offers an overview of how different art-historical interpretive methods influence Egyptological research. His study demonstrates that, due to its adherence to the term art, Egyptology has considerably dissociated Egyptian images from their original contexts. Bilderwelten combines the analysis of Egyptian images from the 6th to the 18th Dynasty with methodological reflection. This leads to both a new terminology of style as well as to an alternative approach to Egyptian images. By differentiating systematically between Egyptian images and Egyptological art, this book lays the foundation for an Egyptology that follows the path of Visual Studies instead of adhering to questionable art-historical methods.

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Author:   Kai Widmaier
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   35
Weight:   1.226kg
ISBN:  

9789004347731

ISBN 10:   9004347739
Pages:   670
Publication Date:   06 July 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   German

Table of Contents

Vorwort Abstract Abstract (English) Abkurzungsverzeichnis Abbildungsverzeichnis Einleitung TEIL I: AEGYPTISCHE KUNST? 1 AEgyptische Kunst: Diskussion um einen Forschungsgegenstand 1.1 Problematisierungen 1.2 Zu Versuchen einer 'Rettung der Kunst` fur die AEgyptologie 1.3 Kunstgeschichte und Kontinuitatsfiktion: Erfahrung und Erleben 'agyptischer Kunst` 1.4 AEsthetik und anthropologische Konstanten im interkulturellen Zusammenhang 1.5 AEgyptische Kunst? Eine vorlaufige Zusammenschau zu Begriffsverzicht und Anfuhrungszeichen TEIL II: BILDER - STILE - KONTEXTE 2 Stil und Geschichte: Zur Bildkultur der 6.-12. Dynastie und ihren agypt(olog)ischen Kontexten 2.1 Periodisierungen und das Rezeptionsmuster der Zwischenzeit 2.2 Geschichte(n) und Lesarten: Zum agyptologischen Topos der 1. Zwischenzeit 2.3 Bilder im Spiegel von Epochenbildern und agyptologischen Kontexten 2.4 (Un)moeglichkeiten zwischen Stil und Geschichte: Eine Zusammenschau mit einem Ausblick auf die 18. Dynastie TEIL III: VON AEGYPTISCHEN BILDERN UND AEGYPTOLOGISCHER KUNST 3 Ruckschau und Ausblick 3.1 Kunstbegriffe, Historisierungen und der museale Blick 3.2 Prolegomena fur kunftige bildwissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Glossar Literaturverzeichnis Indices Tafeln

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Kai Widmaier received his Ph.D. in Egyptology from Georg-August-University Goettingen (2012). His work focuses on Visual Culture. He is co-editor of the series LingAeg Studia Monographica and several collected volumes (e.g. Dating Egyptian Literary Texts, 2013) and has published on Egyptian literature as well as on landscape in Egyptian texts.

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