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The Resource Beyond Egyptomania : objects, style and agency, Miguel John Versluys (ed.)

Beyond Egyptomania : objects, style and agency, Miguel John Versluys (ed.)

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"The material and intellectual presence of Egypt is at the heart of Western culture, religion and art from Antiquity to the present. This volume aims to provide a long term and interdisciplinary perspective on Egypt and its mnemohistory, taking theories on objects and their agency as its main point of departure. The central questions the book addresses are why, from the first millennium BC onwards, things and concepts Egyptian are to be found in such a great variety of places throughout European history and how we can account for their enduring impact over time. By taking a radically object-oriented perspective on this question, this book is also a major contribution to current debates on the agency of artefacts across archaeology, anthropology and art history."--
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
361 pages
Contents
  • Jean-Marcel Humbert
  • The
  • fascination for Egypt during the eighteenth century : history of a 'configuration'
  • Pascal Griener
  • Aegyptiaca : investigating style and agency in the Iron Age eastern Mediterranean
  • Ann C. Gunter
  • L'
  • Égypte des uns n'est pas toujours l'Égypte des autres : à propos d'une drachme de Myndos
  • Laurent Bricault
  • Aegyptiaca Romana : the 'Black Room' from the Villa of Boscotrecase and the aesthetics of empire
  • Preface : beyond Egyptomania : 'Nachleben', mnemohistory and the agency of things Egyptian
  • Molly Swetnam-Burland
  • Lost in translation? : on 'Aegyptiaca' in the Middle Ages
  • Dimitri Laboury and Marie Lekane
  • Periculosae plenum opus aleae : the 'Mensa Isiaca', Lorenzo Pignoria and the perils of cultural translation
  • Peter Mason
  • A
  • food chain of objects : the selection and use of Egyptian antiquities in Piranesi's 'Diverse maniere'
  • Anne Haslund Hansen
  • The
  • Egyptian centrepiece of the Sèvres Manufactory
  • Caroline van Eck
  • Odile Nouvel-Kammerer ; translated by Camille Joseph
  • Pharaohs, papyri and hookahs : displaying and staging Egyptian antiquities in nineteenth century European exhibitions
  • Cecilia Hurley
  • Ancient Egypt : do things matter?
  • David Fontijn
  • Egypt and/as style
  • Stijn Bussels and Bram van Oostveldt
  • The
  • magic of the material : receptions of ancient Egypt and their impacts
  • Stephanie Moser
  • Haunted by Egypt : a long-term perspective on history, mnemohistory and material culture
  • Object, subject, Egypt
  • Stephen Quirke
  • Miguel John Versluys
  • The
  • mnemohistory of Egypt : approaches towards the understanding of Egypt in intellectual history
  • Jan Assmann and Florian Ebeling
  • Plaidoyer pour l'égyptomanie, ou, Comment s'approprier une Égypte fantasmée
Isbn
9783110564259
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Beyond Egyptomania : objects, style and agency
Title
Beyond Egyptomania
Title remainder
objects, style and agency
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Miguel John Versluys (ed.)
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Beyonde Egyptomania
Contributor
Editor
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Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
Summary
"The material and intellectual presence of Egypt is at the heart of Western culture, religion and art from Antiquity to the present. This volume aims to provide a long term and interdisciplinary perspective on Egypt and its mnemohistory, taking theories on objects and their agency as its main point of departure. The central questions the book addresses are why, from the first millennium BC onwards, things and concepts Egyptian are to be found in such a great variety of places throughout European history and how we can account for their enduring impact over time. By taking a radically object-oriented perspective on this question, this book is also a major contribution to current debates on the agency of artefacts across archaeology, anthropology and art history."--
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  • illustrations
  • plans
Index
index present
Language note
15 English, 2 French contributions
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
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Versluys, M. J.,
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  • Studien aus dem Warburg-Haus,
  • Kunst und Wirkmacht =
  • Art and agency
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Band 21
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  • Egypt
  • Archaeology
  • Anthropology
  • Art
  • Anthropology
  • Antiquities
  • Archaeology
  • Art
  • Egypt
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Beyond Egyptomania : objects, style and agency, Miguel John Versluys (ed.)
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-318) and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Jean-Marcel Humbert
  • The
  • fascination for Egypt during the eighteenth century : history of a 'configuration'
  • Pascal Griener
  • Aegyptiaca : investigating style and agency in the Iron Age eastern Mediterranean
  • Ann C. Gunter
  • L'
  • Égypte des uns n'est pas toujours l'Égypte des autres : à propos d'une drachme de Myndos
  • Laurent Bricault
  • Aegyptiaca Romana : the 'Black Room' from the Villa of Boscotrecase and the aesthetics of empire
  • Preface : beyond Egyptomania : 'Nachleben', mnemohistory and the agency of things Egyptian
  • Molly Swetnam-Burland
  • Lost in translation? : on 'Aegyptiaca' in the Middle Ages
  • Dimitri Laboury and Marie Lekane
  • Periculosae plenum opus aleae : the 'Mensa Isiaca', Lorenzo Pignoria and the perils of cultural translation
  • Peter Mason
  • A
  • food chain of objects : the selection and use of Egyptian antiquities in Piranesi's 'Diverse maniere'
  • Anne Haslund Hansen
  • The
  • Egyptian centrepiece of the Sèvres Manufactory
  • Caroline van Eck
  • Odile Nouvel-Kammerer ; translated by Camille Joseph
  • Pharaohs, papyri and hookahs : displaying and staging Egyptian antiquities in nineteenth century European exhibitions
  • Cecilia Hurley
  • Ancient Egypt : do things matter?
  • David Fontijn
  • Egypt and/as style
  • Stijn Bussels and Bram van Oostveldt
  • The
  • magic of the material : receptions of ancient Egypt and their impacts
  • Stephanie Moser
  • Haunted by Egypt : a long-term perspective on history, mnemohistory and material culture
  • Object, subject, Egypt
  • Stephen Quirke
  • Miguel John Versluys
  • The
  • mnemohistory of Egypt : approaches towards the understanding of Egypt in intellectual history
  • Jan Assmann and Florian Ebeling
  • Plaidoyer pour l'égyptomanie, ou, Comment s'approprier une Égypte fantasmée
Control code
1158408576
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
361 pages
Isbn
9783110564259
Lccn
2020936977
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
9783110564259
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color), plan
System control number
(OCoLC)1158408576
Label
Beyond Egyptomania : objects, style and agency, Miguel John Versluys (ed.)
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-318) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Jean-Marcel Humbert
  • The
  • fascination for Egypt during the eighteenth century : history of a 'configuration'
  • Pascal Griener
  • Aegyptiaca : investigating style and agency in the Iron Age eastern Mediterranean
  • Ann C. Gunter
  • L'
  • Égypte des uns n'est pas toujours l'Égypte des autres : à propos d'une drachme de Myndos
  • Laurent Bricault
  • Aegyptiaca Romana : the 'Black Room' from the Villa of Boscotrecase and the aesthetics of empire
  • Preface : beyond Egyptomania : 'Nachleben', mnemohistory and the agency of things Egyptian
  • Molly Swetnam-Burland
  • Lost in translation? : on 'Aegyptiaca' in the Middle Ages
  • Dimitri Laboury and Marie Lekane
  • Periculosae plenum opus aleae : the 'Mensa Isiaca', Lorenzo Pignoria and the perils of cultural translation
  • Peter Mason
  • A
  • food chain of objects : the selection and use of Egyptian antiquities in Piranesi's 'Diverse maniere'
  • Anne Haslund Hansen
  • The
  • Egyptian centrepiece of the Sèvres Manufactory
  • Caroline van Eck
  • Odile Nouvel-Kammerer ; translated by Camille Joseph
  • Pharaohs, papyri and hookahs : displaying and staging Egyptian antiquities in nineteenth century European exhibitions
  • Cecilia Hurley
  • Ancient Egypt : do things matter?
  • David Fontijn
  • Egypt and/as style
  • Stijn Bussels and Bram van Oostveldt
  • The
  • magic of the material : receptions of ancient Egypt and their impacts
  • Stephanie Moser
  • Haunted by Egypt : a long-term perspective on history, mnemohistory and material culture
  • Object, subject, Egypt
  • Stephen Quirke
  • Miguel John Versluys
  • The
  • mnemohistory of Egypt : approaches towards the understanding of Egypt in intellectual history
  • Jan Assmann and Florian Ebeling
  • Plaidoyer pour l'égyptomanie, ou, Comment s'approprier une Égypte fantasmée
Control code
1158408576
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
361 pages
Isbn
9783110564259
Lccn
2020936977
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
9783110564259
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color), plan
System control number
(OCoLC)1158408576

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