Violence and Power in Ancient Egypt
Violence and Power in Ancient Egypt
Image and Ideology before the New Kingdom
Bestock, Laurel
Taylor & Francis Ltd
10/2017
314
Dura
Inglês
9781138685055
15 a 20 dias
725
Acknowledgements
Chronological chart
Chapter 1
Picturing violence
The Structure of this Book
Themes
Chapter 2
The Origins of Violent Imagery
The Earliest Images of Violence in Egypt
The Evidence from Early Egypt: Naqada I
The Evidence from Early Egypt: Naqada II
Order and Chaos
Chapter 3
The Violence Inherent in the System: Imagery and Royal Ideology in the Period of State Formation
Violence in Egyptian Art in the Period of State Formation
Violence in Early Dynastic Imagery
Continuity and Discontinuity
Chapter 4
To Live Forever: The Decoration of Royal Mortuary Complexes
The Old Kingdom
The Middle Kingdom
Interpreting Imagery of Violence from Royal Tombs
Chapter 5
Uniter of the Two Lands: Images of Violence in Divine Temples
Egyptian Temples as a Context for Imagery
Chapter 6
The Preservation of Order: Images in the Landscape
The Early Dynastic Period
The Old Kingdom
Reading Rock Carvings of Smiting
Chapter 7
Out and About: Images of Violence on Portable Objects
Images of Triumph on Portable Objects
Images of Captivity on Portable Objects
Movement and Meaning
Chapter 8
Who is Who? Private Monumental Images of War
The Old Kingdom
The First Intermediate Period
The Middle Kingdom
Inscriptions and Images in Private Tombs
Interpreting Private Images of War
Chapter 9
Violence, Power, Ideology
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Chronological chart
Chapter 1
Picturing violence
The Structure of this Book
Themes
Chapter 2
The Origins of Violent Imagery
The Earliest Images of Violence in Egypt
The Evidence from Early Egypt: Naqada I
The Evidence from Early Egypt: Naqada II
Order and Chaos
Chapter 3
The Violence Inherent in the System: Imagery and Royal Ideology in the Period of State Formation
Violence in Egyptian Art in the Period of State Formation
Violence in Early Dynastic Imagery
Continuity and Discontinuity
Chapter 4
To Live Forever: The Decoration of Royal Mortuary Complexes
The Old Kingdom
The Middle Kingdom
Interpreting Imagery of Violence from Royal Tombs
Chapter 5
Uniter of the Two Lands: Images of Violence in Divine Temples
Egyptian Temples as a Context for Imagery
Chapter 6
The Preservation of Order: Images in the Landscape
The Early Dynastic Period
The Old Kingdom
Reading Rock Carvings of Smiting
Chapter 7
Out and About: Images of Violence on Portable Objects
Images of Triumph on Portable Objects
Images of Captivity on Portable Objects
Movement and Meaning
Chapter 8
Who is Who? Private Monumental Images of War
The Old Kingdom
The First Intermediate Period
The Middle Kingdom
Inscriptions and Images in Private Tombs
Interpreting Private Images of War
Chapter 9
Violence, Power, Ideology
Bibliography
Index