Arts & Humanities Through the Eras

by Bleiberg, Edward

• ISBN13: 9780787656980
• ISBN10: 0787656984
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-11-01
• Publisher: Gale / Cengage Learning

Table of Contents

About the Book	ix
Contributors	xi
Era Overview	xiii
Chronology of World Events	xvii
Architecture and Design
Important Events	2	(2)
Overview	4	(2)
Topics in Architecture and Design
Earliest Temples and Tombs	6	(3)
Pyramid Complexes	9	(2)
The North-South Pyramid Complex: King Djoser's Complex at Saqqara	11	(3)
The First True Pyramids	14	(6)
Fourth-Dynasty Architecture and History	20	(9)
Architecture of the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties	29	(5)
Mastaba Tombs of the Old Kingdom	34	(2)
Domestic Architecture in the Old Kingdom	36	(1)
Transition to the Middle Kingdom	37	(2)
The Pyramids of the Middle Kingdom	39	(3)
Rock-Cut Tombs of the Middle Kingdom	42	(2)
A Planned Town of the Middle Kingdom: Kahun	44	(1)
New Kingdom Temples	45	(4)
Thebes and the Estate of Amun	49	(3)
Egyptian Construction Technology	52	(7)
Significant People
Amenhotep, Son of Hapu	59	(1)
Hemiunu, Son of Nefermaat	59	(1)
Imhotep	60	(1)
Ineni	60	(1)
Senenmut, Son of Ramose	60	(1)
Sety I	61	(1)
Documentary Sources	61	(3)
Dance
Important Events	64	(1)
Overview	65	(1)
Topics in Dance
Preconceptions about Dance	66	(1)
Dance in Visual Art	66	(2)
Costumes and Fashion in Dance	68	(1)
The Dancers	69	(4)
Funeral Dances	73	(3)
Muu-Dancers	76	(3)
The Iba-Dance and Heby-Dance	79	(2)
Cult Dances	81	(1)
Significant People
Horihotep	81	(1)
Khnumhotep	82	(1)
Watetkhethor	82	(1)
Documentary Sources	82	(4)
Fashion
Important Events	86	(2)
Overview	88	(1)
Topics in Fashion
Cloth Production	88	(3)
Clothing	91	(6)
Hairstyles	97	(3)
Crowns	100	(5)
Jewelry and Amulets	105	(4)
Significant People
Irer	109	(1)
Documentary Sources	110	(2)
Literature
Important Events	112	(2)
Overview	114	(1)
Topics in Literature
Egyptian Writing and Language	115	(3)
Egyptian Writing Materials and Publishing	118	(3)
The Author	121	(2)
The Idea of Genre in Middle Egyptian Literature	123	(3)
The Literature of Moral Values	126	(2)
Pessimistic Literature	128	(2)
Story of Sinuhe	130	(1)
Emergence of New Kingdom Literature	131	(7)
Demotic Literature	138	(3)
The Egyptian Literary Canon	141	(7)
Significant People
Khaemwase	148	(1)
Ptahhotep	148	(1)
Wenamun	149	(1)
Documentary Sources	149	(3)
Music
Important Events	152	(2)
Overview	154	(1)
Topics in Music
Musical Instruments	155	(4)
Musical Notation	159	(1)
Work Songs	160	(4)
Male and Female Musicians in the Old Kingdom	164	(1)
A Musical Bureau in the Old Kingdom	165	(1)
Banquet Music during the New Kingdom	166	(2)
The Office of Chantress	168	(1)
The Social Status of Musicians	168	(2)
Musical Deities	170	(2)
Music During the Reigns of Akhenaten and Nefertiti	172	(2)
The Blind Solo Harpist and His Song	174	(4)
Erotic Music	178	(1)
Significant People
Amenemhab	179	(1)
Iti	179	(1)
Neferhotep, Son of Henu	179	(1)
Documentary Sources	180	(2)
Philosophy
Important Events	182	(2)
Overview	184	(1)
Topics in Philosophy
Maat	185	(2)
Cosmogony: The Origin of the World	187	(3)
Teaching Philosophy	190	(3)
Secret Knowledge	193	(5)
Astrology	198	(1)
Alchemy	199	(2)
Significant People
Ankhsheshonqi	201	(1)
Any	201	(1)
Hordjedef	201	(1)
Merykare	202	(1)
Documentary Sources	202	(4)
Religion
Important Events	206	(2)
Overview	208	(2)
Topics in Religion
The Gods	210	(4)
Egyptian Myths	214	(3)
Myth of Osiris	217	(1)
Myths of Horus, Seth, and Amun	218	(2)
Theology	220	(1)
Animals in Egyptian Religion	221	(3)
The King	224	(1)
Kingship Rituals	225	(2)
Temple Architecture and Symbolism	227	(3)
Temple Ritual	230	(2)
Temple Personnel	232	(1)
Personal Religion	233	(2)
Ethics	235	(2)
Magic in Egyptian Religion	237	(2)
Funerary Beliefs and Practices	239	(5)
The Egyptian Afterlife	244	(3)
Significant People
Akhenaten	247	(1)
Amenhotep, Son of Hapu	248	(1)
Imhotep	248	(1)
Documentary Sources	249	(3)
Theater
Important Events	252	(1)
Overview	253	(1)
Topics in Theater
Defining Theater	253	(1)
Spoken Drama	254	(6)
The Osirian Khoiak Festival Drama	260	(1)
Significant People
Emhab	261	(1)
Documentary Sources	262	(2)
Visual Arts
Important Events	264	(2)
Overview	266	(3)
Topics in Visual Arts
Interpreting Egyptian Art	269	(2)
Grid Systems in Visual Art	271	(1)
Earliest Egyptian Art	272	(2)
Narmer Palette	274	(2)
Early Dynastic Period Art	276	(4)
The Old Kingdom	280	(9)
The Middle Kingdom	289	(4)
The New Kingdom	293	(15)
Late Period	308	(1)
Significant People
Nefertiti	309	(1)
Senenmut	309	(1)
Documentary Sources	310	(1)
Glossary	311	(4)
Further References	315	(6)
Media and Online Sources	321	(2)
Acknowledgments	323	(2)
Index	325