In Predynastic representations, strongly stylised animals and plants with symbolic values occur. The astonishing craft smanship by which some objects were decorated shows that the artisans were capable of producing almost any kind of representation they would have desired. Therefore, if a representation is stylised, this should be intentional. One of the most important reasons for the stylisation will have been the fact that the artisans did not want to render the exact image of one individual animal, but on the contrary the general idea and characteristics of the animal. Another reason for this mode of representation was to allow double interpretations, or more exactly to combine originally independent ideas into new symbols. They will bec...
Includes bibliographical references.Includes illustrations and maps.This thesis concentrates on an i...
Naqada civilization dates back to prehistoric times in Egypt. Historians divide that civilization in...
« L’envers du décor ». Calembour convenu, sans nul doute, éculé peut-être même, qui pourtant résume ...
Birds are frequently represented in Egyptian iconography, specifically in the corpus of hieroglyphic...
Because of a long-standing bias toward examining human representation in Egyptian art, scholars have...
Frame and image. Notes on the structure of figurative representation in predynastic Egypt. The aim ...
During the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods (3900-2700 B.C.), anthropomorphic imagery is a the...
Dans l’Égypte pré- et protodynastique (3900-2700 av. J.-C.), l’imagerie anthropomorphe occupe une pl...
Animals were given a preponderant position in Egyptian art, symbolism, and cultual practices. This t...
Hierakonpolis (ancient Nekhen) near Edfu, in Upper Egypt, is well known for its late Predynastic and...
In the field of Predynastic studies, the question of cultural homogenization between Upper and Lower...
“Predynastic art” describes a range of visual imagery and ornamental forms attested in Egypt and Low...
Egyptian animal imagery has long been admired for its beauty and morphological accuracy, but the pos...
Dès les premières dynasties, le pictogramme fut dans l’écriture le prolongement des représentations ...
L’escriptura jeroglífica es caracteritza per ser pictogràfica, és a dir, ...
Includes bibliographical references.Includes illustrations and maps.This thesis concentrates on an i...
Naqada civilization dates back to prehistoric times in Egypt. Historians divide that civilization in...
« L’envers du décor ». Calembour convenu, sans nul doute, éculé peut-être même, qui pourtant résume ...
Birds are frequently represented in Egyptian iconography, specifically in the corpus of hieroglyphic...
Because of a long-standing bias toward examining human representation in Egyptian art, scholars have...
Frame and image. Notes on the structure of figurative representation in predynastic Egypt. The aim ...
During the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods (3900-2700 B.C.), anthropomorphic imagery is a the...
Dans l’Égypte pré- et protodynastique (3900-2700 av. J.-C.), l’imagerie anthropomorphe occupe une pl...
Animals were given a preponderant position in Egyptian art, symbolism, and cultual practices. This t...
Hierakonpolis (ancient Nekhen) near Edfu, in Upper Egypt, is well known for its late Predynastic and...
In the field of Predynastic studies, the question of cultural homogenization between Upper and Lower...
“Predynastic art” describes a range of visual imagery and ornamental forms attested in Egypt and Low...
Egyptian animal imagery has long been admired for its beauty and morphological accuracy, but the pos...
Dès les premières dynasties, le pictogramme fut dans l’écriture le prolongement des représentations ...
L’escriptura jeroglífica es caracteritza per ser pictogràfica, és a dir, ...
Includes bibliographical references.Includes illustrations and maps.This thesis concentrates on an i...
Naqada civilization dates back to prehistoric times in Egypt. Historians divide that civilization in...
« L’envers du décor ». Calembour convenu, sans nul doute, éculé peut-être même, qui pourtant résume ...