The canonical tradition in ancient Egyptian art /
Whitney Davis.
- xx, 272 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Cambridge new art history and criticism .
- Cambridge new art history and criticism .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-267) and index.
Introduction -- The canonical representation of figures and groups -- Variability, convention, and laws -- The order of iconography -- Academic production -- The emergence of canonical conventions -- The explanation of invariance: toward a history of the authority of the canonical image. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.