Late Antique Egyptian Funerary Sculpture
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-03468-3 (ISBN)
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Early Coptic art, once heralded as the crude product of a poor, indigenous, Christian peasantry, is here dramatically recast in the more inclusive cultural terms of late antiquity. Focusing on funerary sculpture, one of the best-known categories of late antique Egyptian art, Thelma K. Thomas demonstrates how skilled artisans created a varied repertory of works for a diverse body of commissioners. Some of these sculptures were made for grand monumental tombs and commissioned by an urban, landowning class with strong Hellenistic roots; others were made for smaller and less imposing monuments and commissioned by distinctly different clienteles from monasteries and towns, as well as by different socioeconomic classes within the cities. Thomas balances keen analysis of the surviving sculptures with close attention to primary written sources and archaeological evidence. The approach yields original interpretations of regional implications for attribution groups, and provocatively atmospheric reconstructions of the works as they would have appeared in their original settings.
The sculptures' motifs and styles provide evidence for focused discussions of the cultural affiliations of the late antique Egyptians described in this book - pagan and Christian, secular and monastic, children and adults. Thomas' reading of the sculptures' cosmic and eschatological themes allows for an even richer understanding of this historical moment.
Thelma K. Thomas is Associate Professor in the Department of History of Art and is Associate Curator of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xv Introductory Remarks: Some Problems of Interpretation xvii PART 1 LATE ANTIQUE EGYPTIAN FUNERARY SCULPTURE 1 Sites, Types, and Themes 3 2 Artistry and Artisans 22 Part 2 MONUMENTS OF THIS WORLD 3 Identities and Communities Attested to by the Funerary Sculptures 33 4 Funerary Beliefs and Rituals: Effecting the Funerary Sculptures 47 PART 3 IMAGES FOR THE NEXT WORLD 5 Funerary Portraits: Individual Identities of This World for the Next 59 6 The Absent Deceased: Corporate Membership for the Hereafter 73 Concluding Remarks: A Broader Intepretive Setting 81 Abbreviation 85 Notes 87 Bibiography 137 Index 157
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.1.2000 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 14 Maps |
| Verlagsort | New Jersey |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 197 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 595 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-691-03468-0 / 0691034680 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-03468-3 / 9780691034683 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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