TY - BOOK
T1 - Animal behaviour in Egyptian art
T2 - representations of the natural world in Memphite tomb scenes
AU - Evans, Linda
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Tombs--Decoration--Egypt
KW - Animals in art
KW - Art, Egyptian--Egypt--Themes, motives
KW - Art, Ancient--Egypt
KW - Animal behavior
KW - Archaeology and art--Egypt
KW - zoology
M3 - Book
SN - 9780856688263
T3 - The Australian Centre for Egyptology: studies
BT - Animal behaviour in Egyptian art
PB - Australian Centre for Egyptology ; Aris and Phillips
CY - North Ryde, NSW ; Oxford
ER -