Beyond Egyptomania : : Objects, Style and Agency / / ed. by Miguel John Versluys.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Art and Architecture eBook-Package 2020
• MitwirkendeR: Assmann, Jan,; Bricault, Laurent,; Bussels, Stijn,; Ebeling, Florian,; Eck, Caroline van,; Fontijn, David,; Griener, Pascal,; Gunter, Ann C.,; Haslund Hansen, Anne,; Humbert, Jean-Marcel,; Hurley, Cecilia,; Laboury, Dimitri,; Lekane, Marie,; Mason, Peter,; Moser, Stephanie,; Nouvel-Kammerer, Odile,; Oostveldt, Bram van,; Quirke, Stephen,; Swetnam-Burland, Molly,; Versluys, Miguel John,
• HerausgeberIn: Versluys, Miguel John,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Studien aus dem Warburg-Haus , 21
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (362 p.)

Neue Forschungen zum Nachleben Ägyptens

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- Preface: Beyond Egyptomania. »Nachleben«, Mnemohistory and the Agency of Things Egyptian -- EGYPT AND ITS MNEMOHISTORY: INTRODUCTIONS -- Haunted by Egypt. A Long-Term Perspective on History, Mnemohistory and Material Culture -- The Mnemohistory of Egypt. Approaches Towards the Understanding of Egypt in Intellectual History -- Plaidoyer pour l’Égyptomanie, ou Comment s’Approprier une Égypte Fantasmée -- The Fascination for Egypt During the Eighteenth Century. History of a »Configuration« -- OBJECTS, STYLE AND AGENCY: A LONG-TERM OVERVIEW -- Aegyptiaca. Investigating Style and Agency in the Iron Age Eastern Mediterranean -- L’Égypte des uns n’est pas Toujours l’Égypte des Autres. À Propos d’une Drachme de Myndos -- Aegyptiaca Romana. The »Black Room« from the Villa of Boscotrecase and the Aesthetics of Empire -- Lost in Translation? On »Aegyptiaca« in the Middle Ages -- Periculosae Plenum Opus Aleae. The »Mensa Isiaca«, Lorenzo Pignoria and the Perils of Cultural Translation -- A Food Chain of Objects. The Selection and Use of Egyptian Antiquities in Piranesi’s »Diverse Maniere« -- The Egyptian Centrepiece of the Sèvres Manufactory -- Pharaohs, Papyri and Hookahs. Displaying and Staging Egyptian Antiquities in Nineteenth Century European Exhibitions -- EGYPT’S MATERIAL AGENCY: DISCUSSIONS -- Ancient Egypt: Do Things Matter? -- Egypt and/as Style -- The Magic of the Material. Receptions of Ancient Egypt and their Impacts -- Object – Subject – Egypt -- Notes -- Index -- Plates -- Picture Credits