Tradition, innovation and archaism in ancient Egypt : manipulations in artistic design on 25th and 26th Dynasty coffins
This thesis is a presentation and discussion of relevant themes surrounding the iconography of coffins from the 25th and 26th Dynasties. These themes include key art design concepts familiar within the canon of ancient Egyptian art â tradition, innovation and archaism. The data set consists of 224 coffins, from Egypt, Europe, North America and the UK, predominantly of Theban origin, which are examined in depth in appendix 1. Chapter One introduces the aims and limitations of the thesis. It explores tradition, innovation and archaism, and how these concepts are embedded within the Egyptian sense of self. Chapter Two focuses on dating criteria. One objective of this thesis was to create a way of formulating relative chronology for coffins. The focus for relative chronology is on two prominent families. These families share a strong genealogical connection to earlier kings or Godâs Wives of Amun, thus establishing historical anchors, allowing for an attempt at the dating of coffins without any archaeological context or further familial information. Another key objective also seeks to assess the efficacy of sequential dating through stylistic criteria. This is done through a model created to demonstrate a
Williams, Allison Michele
Tradition, innovation and archaism in ancient Egypt : manipulations in artistic design on 25th and 26th Dynasty coffins. This thesis is a presentation and discussion of relevant themes surrounding the iconography of coffins from the 25th and 26th Dynasties. These themes include key art design concepts familiar within the canon of ancient Egyptian art â tradition, innovation and archaism. The data set consists of 224 coffins, from Egypt, Europe, North America and the UK, predominantly of Theban origin, which are examined in depth in appendix 1. Chapter One introduces the aims and limitations of the thesis. It explores tradition, innovation and archaism, and how these concepts are embedded within the Egyptian sense of self. Chapter Two focuses on dating criteria. One objective of this thesis was to create a way of formulating relative chronology for coffins. The focus for relative chronology is on two prominent families. These families share a strong genealogical connection to earlier kings or Godâs Wives of Amun, thus establishing historical anchors, allowing for an attempt at the dating of coffins without any archaeological context or further familial information. Another key objective also seeks to assess the efficacy of sequential dating through stylistic criteria. This is done through a model created to demonstrate a
tradition innovation ancient_egypt manipulation artistic design coffin presentation discussion relevant theme surround iconography coffin theme_include key art_design concept familiar within canon ancient_egyptian art tradition innovation data_set consist coffin egypt europe_north_america predominantly theban origin examine depth appendix one_introduce aims limitation thesis explores tradition innovation concept embed_within egyptian sense_self focus date criterion objective create way formulate relative_chronology coffin focus relative_chronology prominent family family share strong genealogical connection earlier king god thus establish historical anchor allow attempt date coffin without archaeological_context familial information another key objective also seek ass efficacy sequential date stylistic criterion model create