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Ancient Egyptian Portraiture: History of an Idea concerns the origin, nature, and removal, the unravelling and explanation of the impasse pertaining to the definition, assessment, and judgement of Ancient Egyptian portraiture. Condensed in the syntagm different from ours, this impasse arises from the polarisation and dichotomy of idealism and realism which characterise the three main Egyptological definitions of portraiture. In offering a transcendental definition of art and portraiture that is anthropologically valid, the overarching aim of this book is to challenge assessments of Egyptian art and portraiture based on historically particularistic concepts that are foreign to its cultural premises and development.
Alessio Delli Castelli, Ph.D. Candidate, Liège University, is a researcher in Ancient Egyptian Art History, with a focus on Old Kingdom royal portraiture. He has published articles on art, including a theoretical discussion on the anthropological/transcendental nature of art and sculpture, The Definition of Art and Sculpture (SAK 52, 2023).
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Plates
Abbreviations
1 Definition and Phenomenology of Ancient Egyptian Portraiture
â1âThe Insoluble Dichotomy of Portraiture
â2âThe Transcendental Definition of Portraiture
â3âPhenomenology of Ancient Egyptian Portraiture
2 Critique of the Egyptological Literature
â1âParadigms
â2âThe Seven Paradoxes of the Egyptological Terminology of Portraiture
â3âProjections
â4âArt, Portraiture, and Language: Conceptualism and Realism
â5âCauses
â6âAnalysis, Style and History
â7âConclusion
3 Egyptian Portraiture in General Studies
â1âThe Egyptological Terminology of Portraiture
â2âRealistic and Idealistic Portraiture: Art Historical Implications (1824â1960s)
â3âRealistic and Idealistic Portraiture: Methods of Assessment
â4âRealistic and Idealistic Portraiture: Causes
â5âStylistic and Iconographic Analysis (1950â2020)
â6âSociological and Anthropological Analysis
4 Excursus: The Definition of Portraiture in the Context of Specialist Studies
â1âHeinrich Schäfer (1868â1957): Das Staunen über die Erfahrung Personen zu erinnern
â2âGeorg Steindorff (1861â1951): Nichts weiter als die steinernen Abbilder der betreffenden Personen
â3âGünther Roeder (1881â1966): Ein ganz bestimmter Mensch und anderer als er
â4âAlexander Scharff (1892â1950): Bursting the Fetters of its own Laws
â5âHermann Junker (1877â1962): Die geistige Persönlichkeit, die hinter der äuÃeren Erscheinung steht
â6âWalther Wolf (1900â1973): Wechsel vom Denken zur Anschauung, vom Glauben zum Unglauben, von abstraktem zu konkretem Empfinden, von Idealismus zu Realismus!
â7âSergio Donadoni (1914â2015): ll valore essenziale della sensibilità luministica
â8âDows Dunham (1890â1984): To carry conviction as a true portrait in the modern sense
â9âClaude Vandersleyen (1927â2021): La double volonté de caractériser lâindividu par le nom et les traits, a figure is more reliable than an inscription
â10âAndrey O.Bolshakov (1958: Purpose versus quality
â11âDonald Spanel (1952: The coexistence of the natural and the ideal
â12âRoland Tefnin (1946â2006): Portrait et individualisation, la gamme infinie des réalités possibles et le fosse séparant la typologie de la réalité historique
â13âJan Assmann (1938â2024): Selbstthematisierung; visualisierte Erinnerung; nicht der Verschönerung, sondern der Verewigung des Daseins
â14âDimitri Laboury (1969: Image incontourable, combinaison vectorielle, perméabilité, effet de réel et lâhypothèse dâune explication politique
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Plates
Abbreviations
Part1 The Contribution of Ancient Egyptian Portraiture to Egyptology and History of Art
1 Definition and Phenomenology of Ancient Egyptian Portraiture
â1âThe Insoluble Dichotomy of Portraiture
â2âThe Transcendental Definition of Portraiture
â3âPhenomenology of Ancient Egyptian Portraiture
2 Critique of the Egyptological Literature
â1âParadigms
â2âThe Seven Paradoxes of the Egyptological Terminology of Portraiture
â3âProjections
â4âArt, Portraiture, and Language: Conceptualism and Realism
â5âCauses
â6âAnalysis, Style and History
â7âConclusion
Part2 History of the Notion of Portraiture in Egyptological Studies
3 Egyptian Portraiture in General Studies
â1âThe Egyptological Terminology of Portraiture
â2âRealistic and Idealistic Portraiture: Art Historical Implications (1824â1960s)
â3âRealistic and Idealistic Portraiture: Methods of Assessment
â4âRealistic and Idealistic Portraiture: Causes
â5âStylistic and Iconographic Analysis (1950â2020)
â6âSociological and Anthropological Analysis
4 Excursus: The Definition of Portraiture in the Context of Specialist Studies
â1âHeinrich Schäfer (1868â1957): Das Staunen über die Erfahrung Personen zu erinnern
â2âGeorg Steindorff (1861â1951): Nichts weiter als die steinernen Abbilder der betreffenden Personen
â3âGünther Roeder (1881â1966): Ein ganz bestimmter Mensch und anderer als er
â4âAlexander Scharff (1892â1950): Bursting the Fetters of its own Laws
â5âHermann Junker (1877â1962): Die geistige Persönlichkeit, die hinter der äuÃeren Erscheinung steht
â6âWalther Wolf (1900â1973): Wechsel vom Denken zur Anschauung, vom Glauben zum Unglauben, von abstraktem zu konkretem Empfinden, von Idealismus zu Realismus!
â7âSergio Donadoni (1914â2015): ll valore essenziale della sensibilità luministica
â8âDows Dunham (1890â1984): To carry conviction as a true portrait in the modern sense
â9âClaude Vandersleyen (1927â2021): La double volonté de caractériser lâindividu par le nom et les traits, a figure is more reliable than an inscription
â10âAndrey O.Bolshakov (1958: Purpose versus quality
â11âDonald Spanel (1952: The coexistence of the natural and the ideal
â12âRoland Tefnin (1946â2006): Portrait et individualisation, la gamme infinie des réalités possibles et le fosse séparant la typologie de la réalité historique
â13âJan Assmann (1938â2024): Selbstthematisierung; visualisierte Erinnerung; nicht der Verschönerung, sondern der Verewigung des Daseins
â14âDimitri Laboury (1969: Image incontourable, combinaison vectorielle, perméabilité, effet de réel et lâhypothèse dâune explication politique
Bibliography
Index
The book is primarily destined for specialists in the field of Ancient Egyptian Art but also Egyptologists and Art Historians. The third and fourth chapters (analysis of the literature) support the ideas expressed in the first two chapters and can be used as a useful introduction for students.