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Beyond Egyptomania

Objects, Style and Agency
  • Edited by: Miguel John Versluys
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2020
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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.

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Miguel John Versluys, Leiden University.

Reviews

" The importance of the book lies in its truly interdisciplinary approach and the multidisciplinary background of its authors. This book is an important and much-needed new approach to the reception of Ancient Egypt and clearly presents a milestone for the study of the Mnemohistory of Egypt and much more, primarily because of its focus on objects and material culture." ( Julia Budka in Aegyptiaca. Journal of the History of Reception of Ancient Egypt, 01.2022)


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Miguel John Versluys
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Caroline van Eck
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EGYPT AND ITS MNEMOHISTORY: INTRODUCTIONS

A LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE ON HISTORY, MNEMOHISTORY AND MATERIAL CULTURE
Miguel John Versluys
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APPROACHES TOWARDS THE UNDERSTANDING OF EGYPT IN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
Jan Assmann and Florian Ebeling
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Jean-Marcel Humbert
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HISTORY OF A »CONFIGURATION«
Pascal Griener
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OBJECTS, STYLE AND AGENCY: A LONG-TERM OVERVIEW

INVESTIGATING STYLE AND AGENCY IN THE IRON AGE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
Ann C. Günter
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À PROPOS D’UNE DRACHME DE MYNDOS
Laurent Bricault
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THE »BLACK ROOM« FROM THE VILLA OF BOSCOTRECASE AND THE AESTHETICS OF EMPIRE
Molly Swetnam-Burland
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ON »AEGYPTIACA« IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Dimitri Laboury and Marie Lekane
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THE »MENSA ISIACA«, LORENZO PIGNORIA AND THE PERILS OF CULTURAL TRANSLATION
Peter Mason
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THE SELECTION AND USE OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES IN PIRANESI’S »DIVERSE MANIERE«
Anne Haslund Hansen
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Odile Nouvel-Kammerer
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DISPLAYING AND STAGING EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES IN NINETEENTH CENTURY EUROPEAN EXHIBITIONS
Cecilia Hurley
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EGYPT’S MATERIAL AGENCY: DISCUSSIONS

David Fontijn
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Stijn Bussels and Bram van Oostveldt
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RECEPTIONS OF ANCIENT EGYPT AND THEIR IMPACTS
Stephanie Moser
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Stephen Quirke
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eBook published on:
June 8, 2020
eBook ISBN:
9783110565843
Hardcover published on:
June 8, 2020
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110564259
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
362
Illustrations:
41
Coloured Illustrations:
41
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