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Zusatztext a work that deserves to be seriously read and re-viewed. Informationen zum Autor John Baines is Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford. Klappentext A generously illustrated selection of John Baines's influential writings on two core areas of ancient Egyptian civilization: the role of writing, which was very different in antiquity from what is familiar in the modern world, and the importance of visual culture. These questions are explored through a number of case studies. The volume assembles articles that were scattered in publications in a variety of disciplines, making available key contributions on core problems of theory, comparison, and analysis in the study of many civilizations and offering important points of departure for further research. Three wholly new essays are included, and the overall approach is an interdisciplinary one, synthesizing insights from archaeology, anthropology, and art history as well as Egyptology. Zusammenfassung A generously illustrated collection of John Baines's influential writings on the role of writing and the importance of visual culture in ancient Egypt. Investigation of these key topics in a comparative study of early civilizations is pursued through a number of case studies, and characterized by a radically interdisciplinary approach. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. Prologue 1: Visual, written, decorum II. Written culture 2: Literacy and ancient Egyptian society 3: Four notes on literacy 4: Literacy, social organization and the archaeological record: the case of early Egypt 5: Writing and society in early Egypt 6: Orality and literacy 7: Ancient Egyptian concepts and uses of the past: third to second millennium evidence III. Visual culture 8: Theories and universals of representation: Heinrich Schafer and Egyptian art 9: Schafer's mottoes and the understanding of representation 10: Colour terminology and colour classification: ancient Egyptian colour terminology and polychromy 11: Stone and other materials: usages and values 12: Communication and display: the integration of early Egyptian art and writing 13: On the status and purposes of ancient Egyptian art ...
