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Proportion and Style in Ancient Egyptian Art / Gay Robins.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©1993Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780292755444
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709/.32 20
LOC classification:
  • N5350 .R65 1994
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Previous Work on the Grid and Proportions -- 3. Methods -- 4. Proportions in the Old and Middle Kingdoms -- 5. Proportions in the New Kingdom -- 6. Changes in the Amarna Period -- 7. The Late Period and After -- 8. Composition and the Grid -- 9. Nonhuman Elements and the Grid -- 10. Changing Proportions and Style -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: The painted and relief-cut walls of ancient Egyptian tombs and temples record an amazing continuity of customs and beliefs over nearly 3,000 years. Even the artistic style of the scenes seems unchanging, but this appearance is deceptive. In this work, Gay Robins offers convincing evidence, based on a study of Egyptian usage of grid systems and proportions, that innovation and stylistic variation played a significant role in ancient Egyptian art. Robins thoroughly explores the squared grid systems used by the ancient artists to proportion standing, sitting, and kneeling human figures. This investigation yields the first chronological account of proportional variations in male and female figures from the Early Dynastic to the Ptolemaic periods. Robins discusses in detail the proportional changes underlying the revolutionary style instituted during the Amarna Period. She also considers how the grid system influenced the composition of scenes as a whole. Numerous line drawings with superimposed grids illustrate the text.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Previous Work on the Grid and Proportions -- 3. Methods -- 4. Proportions in the Old and Middle Kingdoms -- 5. Proportions in the New Kingdom -- 6. Changes in the Amarna Period -- 7. The Late Period and After -- 8. Composition and the Grid -- 9. Nonhuman Elements and the Grid -- 10. Changing Proportions and Style -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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The painted and relief-cut walls of ancient Egyptian tombs and temples record an amazing continuity of customs and beliefs over nearly 3,000 years. Even the artistic style of the scenes seems unchanging, but this appearance is deceptive. In this work, Gay Robins offers convincing evidence, based on a study of Egyptian usage of grid systems and proportions, that innovation and stylistic variation played a significant role in ancient Egyptian art. Robins thoroughly explores the squared grid systems used by the ancient artists to proportion standing, sitting, and kneeling human figures. This investigation yields the first chronological account of proportional variations in male and female figures from the Early Dynastic to the Ptolemaic periods. Robins discusses in detail the proportional changes underlying the revolutionary style instituted during the Amarna Period. She also considers how the grid system influenced the composition of scenes as a whole. Numerous line drawings with superimposed grids illustrate the text.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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