Screen LibraryPhotographing Tutankhamun : archaeology, ancient Egypt, and the archive /
They are among the most famous and compelling photographs ever made in archaeology: Howard Carter kneeling before the burial shrines of Tutankhamun; life-size statues of the boy king on guard beside a doorway, tantalizingly sealed, in his tomb; or a solid gold coffin still draped with flowers cut mo...
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Bloomsbury Visual Arts, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
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| Publisher Address: | London, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Photography, history: history, photography
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| Summary: |
They are among the most famous and compelling photographs ever made in archaeology: Howard Carter kneeling before the burial shrines of Tutankhamun; life-size statues of the boy king on guard beside a doorway, tantalizingly sealed, in his tomb; or a solid gold coffin still draped with flowers cut more than 3,300 years ago. Yet until now, no study has explored the ways in which photography helped mythologize the tomb of Tutankhamun, nor the role photography played in shaping archaeological methods and interpretations, both in and beyond the field. 0This book undertakes the first critical anal |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-245) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781350038523 1350038520 9781350038516 1350038512 |
| Index Number: | DT87 |
| CLC: | K884.11-64 |
| Call Number: | K884.11-64/R569 |
| Contents: | Photographing Tutankhamun: an introduction chapter -- Mirrored memories: excavating the photographic archive -- The first and most pressing need: photographic practice at the Tomb of Tutankhamun -- Tutankhamun's treasures: objects, artworks, bodies -- Men at work: the resurrection of the boy-king -- Worlds exclusive: mediating Tutankhamun -- The looking-glass: egyptology's archival afterlives. |