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- Title
- Animal behaviour in Egyptian art : representations of the natural world in Memphite tomb scenes
- Related
- The Australian Centre for Egyptology: studies 9
- Publisher
- North Ryde, NSW ; Oxford : Australian Centre for Egyptology ; Aris and Phillips
- Date
- 2010
- FoR/RFCD Code(s)
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060801 Animal Behaviour
190102 Art History
210310 Middle Eastern and African History
- Author/Creator
- Evans, Linda
- Description
- Egyptian animal imagery has long been admired for its beauty and morphological accuracy, but the postures and activities of depicted species have received less attention. Animal Behaviour in Egyptian Art takes a unique approach by documenting the way in which mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians, and insects are shown behaving in Old Kingdom tomb scenes from Giza and Saqqara and then comparing these representations with current zoological knowledge of contemporary fauna. This comprehensive study reveals that the Egyptians were acutely aware of the natural behaviour of many different species and that their artists found ingenious ways to depict this within the constraints of their idiosyncratic method of representation.
- Subject Keyword
- 060801 Animal Behaviour
- Subject Keyword
- 190102 Art History
- Subject Keyword
- 210310 Middle Eastern and African History
- Subject Keyword
- Tombs--Decoration--Egypt
- Subject Keyword
- Animals in art
- Subject Keyword
- Art, Egyptian--Egypt--Themes, motives
- Subject Keyword
- Art, Ancient--Egypt
- Subject Keyword
- Animal behavior
- Subject Keyword
- Archaeology and art--Egypt
- Subject Keyword
- zoology
- Resource Type
- book
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Dept. of Ancient History
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/87576
- Identifier
- ISBN:978085668826
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2009007865
- Language
- eng
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