THE EDITOR Melinda K. Hartwig is a Professor of Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Art and Archaeology at Georgia State University, USA. She is the author of Tomb Painting and Identity in Ancient Thebes, 1419–1372 BCE (2004) and the Tomb Chapel of Menna (Theban Tomb 69): The Art, Culture, and Science of Painting in an Egyptian Tomb (2013).

“No other work comes close to providing such an introduction to the ideas and bibliography of Egyptian art history; many of its chapters stand alone as thought-provoking essays of particular use to students; and in documenting the state of Egyptian art history it points to several productive paths forward. . . A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art thus serves not only as an introduction to art-historical theory for Egyptologists but also as a call to arms for the field.  We should answer.”  (College Art Association, October 2015)"Such a multidisciplinary approach to Egyptian art is new. These articles describe, from a number of different perspectives, how ancient Egyptian art 'worked' and will be of special interest to those who wonder why Pharaonic imagery is so distinctive." (Ancient Egypt, 1 February 2015)“Edited volumes can vary in consistency and relevance but A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art is strong in these areas. This work certainly fulfills a need in the current literature of ancient Egyptian art history and I am very glad to have it on my shelf, both for myself and for my students. (I am currently using this volume extensively in an upper-level undergraduate Egyptian art course.)” (Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, 52, 2016)

• Notes on Contributors ixForeword xiiiPreface xvAcknowledgments xviiList of Abbreviations xixList of Illustrations xxiList of Plates xxxiChronology of Egyptian Kings xxxiiiChronology of Kushite Rulers xliMaps xlv1 WhatIsArt? 1John BainesPART I Methodological Approaches 232 Historiography of Ancient Egyptian Art 25Diane Bergman3 Style 39Melinda K. Hartwig4 Connoisseurship 60Jack A. Josephson5 Iconography and Symbolism 78Maya Müller6 Semiotics and Hermeneutics 98Valérie Angenot7 Gender and Sexuality 120Gay Robins8 Reception and Perception 141Alexandra Verbovsek9 Representing the Other: Non-Egyptians in Pharaonic Iconography 155Ann Macy Roth10 Interpreting Ancient Egyptian Material Culture 175Salima IkramPART II Materials and Mediums 18911 Sculpture 191Melinda K. Hartwig12 Relief 219Alexandra Woods13 Painting 249Francesco Tiradritti14 Coffins, Cartonnage, and Sarcophagi 269Kathlyn M. Cooney15 Luxury Arts 293Arielle P. KozloffPART III Concepts in Art 30716 Ideology and Propaganda 309Ronald J. Leprohon17 Religion and Ritual 328Emily Teeter18 Narrative 344Nadja S. Braun19 The Ordering of the Figure 360William H. Peck20 Portraiture 375Betsy M. BryanPART IV Interconnections with the Larger World 39721 Egyptian Connections with the Larger World: Greece and Rome 399Barbara Mendoza22 Egyptian Connections with the Larger World: Ancient Near East 423Mehmet-Ali Ataç23 The Art and Architecture of Kushite Nubia 447Peter LacovaraPART V Reception of Ancient Egyptian Art in the Modern World 46324 Egyptomania: Fascination for Egypt and Its Expression in the Modern World 465Jean-Marcel HumbertPART VI Technology and Interpretation 48325 Interpretation 485Nigel Strudwick26 Technology 504Richard Newman27 Conservation of Egyptian Objects: A Review of Current Practices in the Field and in Museum Settings 522Susanne GänsickeIndex 545