Beyond Egyptomania: Objects, Style and Agency

Published by De Gruyter 2020

Beyond Egyptomania

Objects, Style and Agency

Edited by: Miguel John Versluys

Volume 21 in the series Studien aus dem Warburg-Haus

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110565843

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About this book

The material and intellectual presence of Egypt is at the heart of Western culture, religion and art from Antiquity to the present. This volume aims to provide a long term and interdisciplinary perspective on Egypt and its mnemohistory, taking theories on objects and their agency as its main point of departure. The central questions the book addresses are why, from the first millennium BC onwards, things and concepts Egyptian are to be found in such a great variety of places throughout European history and how we can account for their enduring impact over time. By taking a radically object-oriented perspective on this question, this book is also a major contribution to current debates on the agency of artefacts across archaeology, anthropology and art history.

Author / Editor information

Miguel John Versluys, Leiden University.

Reviews

" The importance of the book lies in its truly interdisciplinary approach and the multidisciplinary background of its authors. This book is an important and much-needed new approach to the reception of Ancient Egypt and clearly presents a milestone for the study of the Mnemohistory of Egypt and much more, primarily because of its focus on objects and material culture." ( Julia Budka in Aegyptiaca. Journal of the History of Reception of Ancient Egypt, 01.2022)

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Preface: Beyond Egyptomania. »Nachleben«, Mnemohistory and the Agency of Things Egyptian Caroline van Eck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
EGYPT AND ITS MNEMOHISTORY: INTRODUCTIONS
Haunted by Egypt. A Long-Term Perspective on History, Mnemohistory and Material Culture Miguel John Versluys Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
The Mnemohistory of Egypt. Approaches Towards the Understanding of Egypt in Intellectual History Jan Assmann and Florian Ebeling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Plaidoyer pour l’Égyptomanie, ou Comment s’Approprier une Égypte Fantasmée Jean-Marcel Humbert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
The Fascination for Egypt During the Eighteenth Century. History of a »Configuration« Pascal Griener Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
OBJECTS, STYLE AND AGENCY: A LONG-TERM OVERVIEW
Aegyptiaca. Investigating Style and Agency in the Iron Age Eastern Mediterranean Ann C. Gunter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
L’Égypte des uns n’est pas Toujours l’Égypte des Autres. À Propos d’une Drachme de Myndos Laurent Bricault Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Aegyptiaca Romana. The »Black Room« from the Villa of Boscotrecase and the Aesthetics of Empire Molly Swetnam-Burland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Lost in Translation? On »Aegyptiaca« in the Middle Ages Dimitri Laboury and Marie Lekane Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Periculosae Plenum Opus Aleae. The »Mensa Isiaca«, Lorenzo Pignoria and the Perils of Cultural Translation Peter Mason Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
A Food Chain of Objects. The Selection and Use of Egyptian Antiquities in Piranesi’s »Diverse Maniere« Anne Haslund Hansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
The Egyptian Centrepiece of the Sèvres Manufactory Odile Nouvel-Kammerer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Pharaohs, Papyri and Hookahs. Displaying and Staging Egyptian Antiquities in Nineteenth Century European Exhibitions Cecilia Hurley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
EGYPT’S MATERIAL AGENCY: DISCUSSIONS
Ancient Egypt: Do Things Matter? David Fontijn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Egypt and/as Style Stijn Bussels and Bram van Oostveldt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
The Magic of the Material. Receptions of Ancient Egypt and their Impacts Stephanie Moser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Object – Subject – Egypt Stephen Quirke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
Plates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
Picture Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Art history, archeology, Classical studies, Egyptology, culture history, religious studies
Pages
- Main content: 362
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 41
- Coloured Illustrations: 41
Keywords: Archeology; Art history; Agency; Culture history

eBook

Published: June 8, 2020
ISBN: 9783110565843

Hardcover

Published: June 8, 2020
ISBN: 9783110564259