Visual and written culture in ancient Egypt / John Baines.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 338-405) and index.

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PROLOGUE. Visual, written, decorum -- WRITTEN CULTURE. Literacy and ancient Egyptian society -- Four notes on literacy -- Literacy, social organization and the archaeological record: the case of early Egypt -- Writing and society in early Egypt -- Orality and literacy -- Appendix: updates to chapters. 2-5; comparative studies -- Ancient Egyptian concepts and uses of the past: third to second millennium evidence -- VISUAL CULTURE. Introductory note -- Theories and universals of representation: Heinrich Schafer and Egyptian art -- Schafer's mottoes and the understanding of representation -- Colour terminology and colour classification: ancient Egyptian colour terminology and polychromy -- Stone and other materials: usages and values -- Communication and display: the integration of early Egyptian art and writing -- On the status and purposes of ancient Egyptian art.

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