The canonical tradition in ancient Egyptian art / Whitney Davis.
Material type: TextSeries: Cambridge new art history and criticismPublisher: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989Description: xx, 272 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0521365902
- 9780521365901
- 709.32 19
- N5350 .D34 1989
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The canonical representation of figures and groups -- 3. Variability, convention, and laws -- 4. The order of iconography -- 5. Academic production -- 6. The emergence of canonical conventions -- 7. The explanation of invariance: toward a history of the authority of the canonical image.
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 709.32 DAV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A060439B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-267) and index.
1. Introduction -- 2. The canonical representation of figures and groups -- 3. Variability, convention, and laws -- 4. The order of iconography -- 5. Academic production -- 6. The emergence of canonical conventions -- 7. The explanation of invariance: toward a history of the authority of the canonical image.
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