Egyptian Art
Code: 100575 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 2500239 Art History | OB | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Nuria Llorens Moreno
- Email:
- nuria.llorens@uab.cat
Teachers
- Heri Abruņa Marti
Teaching groups languages
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Prerequisites
There are not any prerequisites, but it is advisable to have some notions of English and French in order to be able to consult the specialised bibliography.
Objectives and Contextualisation
The aim of this subject is to provide an approach to Ancient Egyptian art.
Having finished the course, the student should be able to:
- Recognise, characterise and identify the functions of the most important works of art.
- Place them correctly in their historical and cultural context.
- Master the terminology and vocabulary of the course.
- Interpret the iconography and symbolism of the works of art.
Competences
- Critically analysing from the acquired knowledge a work of art in its many facets: formal values, iconographic significance, artistic techniques and procedures, elaboration process and reception mechanisms.
- Interpreting a work of art in the context in which it was developed and relating it with other forms of cultural expression.
- Recognising the evolution of the artistic imagery from the antiquity to the contemporary visual culture.
- Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
Learning Outcomes
- Accurately defining and explaining an artistic object with the specific language of art criticism.
- Analysing ideas about an artistic phenomenon in a given cultural context.
- Analysing the creators of an artistic phenomenon in a specific cultural context.
- Analysing the recipients of an artistic phenomenon in a specific cultural context.
- Applying the iconographic knowledge to the reading of artistic imagery.
- Connecting an artistic imagery with other cultural phenomena within its period.
- Distinguishing the elaboration techniques and processes of an artistic object.
- Examining an artistic imagery and distinguishing its formal, iconographic and symbolic values.
- Explaining the reception mechanisms of a work of art.
- Identifying the artistic imagery, placing it into its cultural context.
- Reconstructing the artistic outlook of a particular cultural context.
Content
1. An introduction to Egyptian art.
2. The Predynastic Period.
3. The Early Dynastic Period (dyns. I-II).
4. The Old Kingdom (dyns. III-VI).
5. The Middle Kingdom (second half of dyn. XI-dyn. XII).
6. The New Kingdom (dyns. XVIII-XX).
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Attendance to Theoretical and Practical classes | 45 | 1.8 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Methodological and bibliographical orientation | 6 | 0.24 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Complementary reading | 15 | 0.6 | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 |
| Personal study and preparation for exams | 68 | 2.72 |
Theoretical and practial lectures with visual supports.
Critical analysis of images.
Occasional conferences.
Methodological and bibliographical orientation.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collective work | 20% | 13 | 0.52 | 8, 10, 11 |
| Test 1 | 40% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 4, 5, 8, 9 |
| Test 2 | 40% | 1.5 | 0.06 | 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11 |
Activity 1: Test 1 (40%).
Activity 2: Test 2 (40%).
Activity 3: Collective work: oral presentation (20%).
On carrying out each evaluation activity, lecturers will inform students (on Moodle) of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and the date on which such a review will take place.
Students will obtain a “Not assessed/Not submitted” course grade unless they have submitted more than 30% of the assessment items.
Only the students who have not passed the course, have sat for the 3 activities and have at least 3,5/10 as final mark, have the right to a reassessment – the date is set by the Facultie’s Academic Management. The reassessment comprises the content of the two tests, not that of the collective work. The maximum mark of this reassessment is 5/10.
In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for this activity and it will not be recoverable,regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given azero asthe final grade for this subject.
Single evaluation
Test 1 (40%) + Test 2 (40%) + Individual work: oral presentation (20%)
* Review: it follows the same procedure as continous assessment.
* Not assessed/Not submitted: the same criteria as continous assessment will be used.
* Reassessment: the same assessment method as continous assessment will be used.
Bibliography
General - Egyptology
LLOYD, Alan (ed.), A Companion to Ancient Egypt, 2 volums, Chichester: Wiley - Blackwel, 2014 (original edition: 2010).
REDFORD, Donald (ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, 3 volums, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
SCHULZ, Regina; SEIDEL, Matthias (eds.), Egipto. El mundo de los faraones. Cologne: Könemann, 2004 (original edition in german: 2004, Königswinter: Tandem).
SHAW, Ian; NICHOLSON, Paul, Diccionario Akal del antiguo Egipto. Madrid: Akal, 2004 (original edition in english: 1995, London: British Museum).
WILKINSON, Richard, Egyptology today, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
General – Ancient Egyptian Art
ALDRED, Cyril, Arte egipcio en el tiempo de los faraones 3100-320 a. de C, El mundo del arte 18, Barcelona: Destino, 1993 (original edition in english: 1980, London: Thames & Hudson).
ALEGRE CARVAJAL, Esther, El arte en el Antiguo Egipto, Madrid: Ediciones J.C, 2006.
ALEGRE GARCÍA, Susana, Arte en el antiguo Egipto. Claves para su interpretación. Cuenca: Alderabán, 2013.
DAVIS, Whitney Vivian, The Canonical Tradition in Ancient Egyptian Art, Cambridge - New York - Port Chester - Melbourne - Sydney: Cambridge University Press, 1989.
DONADONI, Sergio, El arte egipcio, Fundamentos 160, Madrid: Istmo, 2001 (original edition in italian: 1981, Torino: Unione Tipografica-Editrice Torinese).
ESTRADA LAZA, Fernando, Entender y amar el arte egipcio, Barcelona: Crítica, 2012.
FISCHER, Henry, L'écriture et l'art de l'Égypte ancienne, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1986.
HARTWIG, Melinda (ed.), A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art, Chichester: Wiley - Blackwell, 2015.
LALOUETTE, Claire, L'art figuratif dans l'Égypte pharaonique. Peintures et sculptures, Champs 326, Paris: Flammarion, 1996.
LECLANT, Jean (dir.), El mundo egipcio. Los faraones. 3 volums. Madrid: Aguilar, 1978-80 (original edition in french: 1978-80, Paris: Gallimard).
MANNICHE, Lise, El arte egipcio, Alianza forma 141, Madrid: Alianza, 1997 (original edition in french: 1994, Paris: Flammarion).
MICHALOWSKI, Kazimierz, El arte del antiguo Egipto, Madrid: Akal, 1991 (original edition in french: 1968, Paris: Éditions Lucien Mazenod).
MOLINERO POLO, Miguel Ángel; SOLA ANTEQUERA, Domingo (coords.), Arte y sociedad del Egipto antiguo. Ensayos 171. Madrid: Encuentro, 2000.
ROBINS, Gay, Proportion and Style in Ancient Egyptian Art, London: Thames & Hudson, 1994.
ROBINS, Gay, The Art of Ancient Egypt, London: British Museum, 2008 (original edition: 1997).
SCHÄFER, Heinrich, Principles of Egyptian Art, Oxford: Griffith Institute, 1986 (original edition in german: 1919, Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs).
SMITH, William Stevenson, Arte y arquitectura del antiguo Egipto. Madrid: Cátedra, 2008 (original edition in english: 1958, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books).
VALDESOGO MARTÍN, María Rosa, El arte egipcio. Cómo interpretar y comprender la obra plástica del antiguo Egipto. Madrid: Dilema, 2011.
WILKINSON, Richard, Magia y símbolo en el arte egipcio, Alianza forma 148, Madrid: Alianza, 2003 (original edition in english: 1994, London: Thames & Hudson).
WILKINSON, Richard, Cómo leer el arte egipcio. Guía de jeroglíficos del antiguo Egipto, Barcelona: Crítica, 2004 (original edition in english: 1992, London: Thames & Hudson).
ZIEGLER, Christiane; BOVOT, Jean-Luc, Art et archéologie. l'Égypte ancienne, Paris: École du Louvre - Réunion des musées nationaux -La Documentation française, 2001.
Specific - Ancient Egyptian Art
ARNOLD, Dieter, The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egyptian Architecture, London: I. B. Tauris, 2003 (original edition in german: 1994, Zuric: Artemis & Winkler).
BAINES, John, Visual and Written Culture in Ancient Egypt. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
DAVIS, Whitney Vivian, Masking the Blow. The Scene of Representation in Late Prehistoric Egyptian Art. California Studies in the History of Art 30, Berkeley - Los Ángeles - Oxford: University of California Press, 1992.
DODSON, Aidan; IKRAM, Salima, The Tomb in Ancient Egypt. Royal and Private Sepulchres from the Early Dynastic Period to the Romans. London: Thames & Hudson, 2008.
EDWARDS, Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen, Las pirámides de Egipto, Barcelona: Crítica, 2003 (original edition in english: 1961, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books).
HAWASS, Zawi (dir.), Tesoros de las pirámides, Barcelona: Librería Universitaria, 2003 (original edition in english: 2003, Vercelli: White Star).
HAWASS, Zawi, The Lost Tombs of Thebes. London: Thames & Hudson, 2009.
HODEL-HOENES, Sigrid, Life and Death in Ancient Egypt. Scenesfrom Private Tombs in New Kingdom Thebes, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2000 (original edition in german:1991, Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft).
LEHNER, Mark, Todo sobre las pirámides, Barcelona: Destino, 2003 (original edition in english: 1997, London: Thames & Hudson).
LURSON, Benoît, Lire l'image égyptienne. Les "Salles du Trésor" du Grand Temple d'Abou Simbel, Paris: Geuthner, 2001.
MEKHITARIAN, Arpag, Egyptian Painting, Geneva: Skira, 1978 (ed. original: 1954).
REEVES, Nicholas; WILKINSON, Richard, Todo sobre el Valle de los Reyes, Barcelona: Destino, 1999 (original edition in english: 1996, London: Thames & Hudson).
RUSSMANN, Edna, Egyptian Sculpture: Cairo and Luxor. London: British Museum, 1989.
TEFNIN, Roland (ed.), La peinture égyptienne ancienne. Un monde de signes à préserver, Monumenta Aegyptiaca 7, City of Brussels: Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, 1997.
VOLOKHINE, Youri, La frontalité dans l'iconographie de l'Égypte ancienne. Cahiers de la Société d'Égyptologie 6, Geneva: Société d'Égyptologie, 2000.
WEEKS, Kent (dir.), El Valle de los Reyes. Las tumbas y los templos funerarios de Tebas, Barcelona: Librería Universitaria, 2002 (original edition in english: 2001, Vercelli: White Star).
WILKINSON, Richard, Los templos del antiguo Egipto, Barcelona: Destino, 2002 (original edition in english: 2000, London: Thames & Hudson).
WILKINSON, Richard, Todos los dioses del antiguo Egipto, Madrid: Oberon, 2003 (original edition in english: 2003, London: Thames & Hudson).
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Language list
| Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |