Author : Aurélia Masson-Berghoff
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ISBN 13 : 9789042938076
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (38 download)
Book Synopsis Statues in Context by : Aurélia Masson-Berghoff
Download or read book Statues in Context written by Aurélia Masson-Berghoff and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving beyond typological and stylistic discourses on Egyptian statuary, the papers gathered here seek to explore the architectural, cultic and production contexts of statuary, to shed light on religious or cultural practices, and the political or economic agenda behind the display or hiding of these sculptures. How and why were they originally displayed or kept invisible, transported, transformed or buried? New discoveries, the re-contextualisation of earlier excavated statues as well as recent scientific analyses provide significant new insights into the production, meaning and (re-)uses of statues. This collection of papers encompasses the full typological and chronological range - from the Old Kingdom to Late Antiquity - and include statuary of all scales, from colossi to figurines. The studies cover statues mainly set up in temples, palaces, houses and tombs, and the later biographies of statues' assemblages.