The canonical tradition in ancient Egyptian art /
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| Author / Creator: | Davis, Whitney |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989. |
| Description: | xx, 272 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge new art history and criticism |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/999748 |
Table of Contents:
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The canonical representation of figures and groups
- 3. Variability, covention, 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
- Notes
- List of abbreviations
- References
- Index