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Ancient Egyptian Animal Fables
Tree Climbing Hippos and Ennobled Mice
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Jennifer Miyuki Babcock
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2022
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About this book
One group of ancient Egyptian drawings has captured the curiosity of scholars and laypeople alike: images of animals acting like people. They illustrate animal fables originally from a larger mythological narrative, making them an integral part of New Kingdom Thebes’s religious environment. This book examines the purpose of animal fables, drawing cross cultural and temporal comparisons to other storytelling and artistic traditions.
This publication is also the first thorough art historical treatment of the ostraca and papyri. The drawings’ iconography and aesthetic value are carefully examined, providing further nuance to our understanding of ancient Egyptian art.
This publication is also the first thorough art historical treatment of the ostraca and papyri. The drawings’ iconography and aesthetic value are carefully examined, providing further nuance to our understanding of ancient Egyptian art.
Author / Editor information
Jennifer Miyuki Babcock, Ph.D. (2014), Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Fashion Institute of Technology and Visiting Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute in New York City. In her current research and publications, she is investigating the different visual manifestations of deities and the fluid nature of visual narrative construction in ancient Egyptian art.
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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
June 8, 2022
eBook ISBN:
9789004466951
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
204
eBook ISBN:
9789004466951
Keywords for this book
Art history; Egyptology; ostraca; Deir el-Medina; fables; religion; literature; anthropomorphism; mythology; aesthetics; draftsmanship; papyri; animals; iconography
Audience(s) for this book
The topics addressed in this book would be of interest to academic libraries, specialists, and graduate students studying Egyptology, literature, animal fables, religion, and art history.
