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Beyond Egyptomania

Objects, Style and Agency

Miguel John Versluys editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:De Gruyter

Published:8th Jun '20

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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.

ISBN: 9783110564259

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 999g

362 pages