The Category of Art in Ancient Egypt: a Reflection from the Ontological Turn: una reflexión desde el giro ontológico
The artistic expressions of ancient Egypt were traditionally studied by Egyptology in light of the aesthetic conceptions of Western art. In this sense, the nineteenth-century trends were based on a value scale from an evolutionary notion -from which Egyptian representations are considered less devel...
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Centro de Estudios Históricos. UA CONICET
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/comechingonia/article/view/39965 |
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| Sumario: | The artistic expressions of ancient Egypt were traditionally studied by Egyptology in light of the aesthetic conceptions of Western art. In this sense, the nineteenth-century trends were based on a value scale from an evolutionary notion -from which Egyptian representations are considered less developed than later times- to the affirmation of the non-existence of art in this historical context, due to the absence of a linguistic term proper to the hieroglyphic language for its designation.
In the present work we reflect on the use of the category 'art' in ancient Egypt from a journey through the conceptions outlined from the modern ontology of the late 18th century and early 19th century. On the other hand, we display those critical positions about of art in dialogue with the most recent conceptions of the discipline of Egyptology during the 20th and 21st century. Finally, we propose a case study of the representations of offerings to the deceased from the reflection from the positions of the ontological and decolonial turn. |
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