TY - BOOK AU - Davis,Whitney TI - The canonical tradition in ancient Egyptian art T2 - Cambridge new art history and criticism SN - 0521365902 AV - N5350 .D34 1989 U1 - 709.32 19 PY - 1989/// CY - Cambridge [England], New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Art, Egyptian KW - Themes, motives KW - Art, Ancient KW - Egypt KW - Composition (Art) N1 - 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 ER -