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Ancient Egyptian animal fables : tree climbing hippos and ennobled mice / by Jennifer Miyuki Babcock.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 128.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]Description: 1 online resource (x, 204 pages) : illustrations (some color), mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9004466959
  • 9789004466951
Uniform titles:
  • Anthropomorphized animal imagery on New Kingdom ostraca and papyri
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ancient Egyptian animal fablesDDC classification:
  • 709.32 23/eng/20220607
LOC classification:
  • N7750 .B33 2022
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction to the materials -- Artists and Audience: Deir el-Medina and Its Inhabitants -- Understanding Ancient Egyptian Aesthetic Value -- Constructing Visual Narratives in Ancient Egypt -- Animal Fables and Their Purpose -- Contextualizing the Egyptian Imagination: Concluding Thoughts.
Summary: "One group of ancient Egyptian drawings has captured the curiosity of scholars and laypeople alike: images of animals acting like people. They illustrate animal fables originally from a larger mythological narrative, making them an integral part of New Kingdom Thebes's religious environment. This book examines the purpose of animal fables, drawing cross cultural and temporal comparisons to other storytelling and artistic traditions. This publication is also the first thorough art historical treatment of the ostraca and papyri. The drawings' iconography and aesthetic value are carefully examined, providing further nuance to our understanding of ancient Egyptian art"-- Provided by publisher.
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Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--New York University, 2014, under the title: Anthropomorphized animal imagery on New Kingdom ostraca and papyri : their artistic and social significance.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to the materials -- Artists and Audience: Deir el-Medina and Its Inhabitants -- Understanding Ancient Egyptian Aesthetic Value -- Constructing Visual Narratives in Ancient Egypt -- Animal Fables and Their Purpose -- Contextualizing the Egyptian Imagination: Concluding Thoughts.

"One group of ancient Egyptian drawings has captured the curiosity of scholars and laypeople alike: images of animals acting like people. They illustrate animal fables originally from a larger mythological narrative, making them an integral part of New Kingdom Thebes's religious environment. This book examines the purpose of animal fables, drawing cross cultural and temporal comparisons to other storytelling and artistic traditions. This publication is also the first thorough art historical treatment of the ostraca and papyri. The drawings' iconography and aesthetic value are carefully examined, providing further nuance to our understanding of ancient Egyptian art"-- Provided by publisher.

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