El arte del Egipto predinástico. Ritual, significado y función

  1. Pérez Largacha, Antonio 1
  1. 1 Universidad Internacional de La Rioja
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Revista:
Espacio, tiempo y forma. Serie VII, Historia del arte

ISSN: 1130-4715

Año de publicación: 2019

Título del ejemplar: El Apelles vitruviano: Reflexiones en torno a la cultura arquitectónica de los pintores de la Edad Moderna

Número: 7

Páginas: 133-160

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5944/ETFVII.7.2019.25102 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Espacio, tiempo y forma. Serie VII, Historia del arte

Resumen

El arte del período predinástico se ha estudiado y entendido como característico de unas culturas neolíticas que precedieron a la unificación de Egipto y el comienzo de la I dinastía. Sin embargo, las investigaciones y excavaciones realizadas en los últimos años revelan que el arte faraónico tuvo algunos de sus precedentes en este período.En este artículo analizaremos la evolución del arte y su intencionalidad a lo largo de dicho período, al tiempo que estudiaremos las manifestaciones artísticas desde la óptica de la antropología cultural para entender el arte del Egipto predinástico en su contexto cultural y social, en especial en el ámbito de los rituales y en el proceso de creación de una memoria cultural.

Información de financiación

This work was supported by NASA DPR S13,777G. The work at the UCB and NASA Goddard was supported by NASA contract NAS 5-98033. We thank Benzion Kozlovsky for useful discussions and Hugh Hudson and Brian Dennis for comments on the manuscript.

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