AHIS281 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Art Of Ancient Egypt, Senusret Iii, Thutmose Iii
12 Oct 2018
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Portrait means a depiction, in any kind of medium, of a speci c individual, i. e. , an individualised representation of a recognisable person. As opposed to ideal (or type) image, portrait implies a pictorial individualisation and relates to the notion of realism as an accurate and faithful rendering of objective reality, which stands in contrast to idealisation. Even if it is traditionally accepted and used as a fundamental concept in art history as a whole, this key-opposition between realism and idealisation (or idealism) is far from being unproblematic from a theoretical point of view. Ancient egyptian conception of reality was indubitably different from our modern western ones. Subsidiary or grouped anonymous gures are often subject to reality effects, a seeming individualisation that might be suggestive of a portrait but actually derives from a well- attested (graphic and/or chromatic) dissimilation principle ( g.
