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Visual Aesthetics of Ancient Egyptian Writing

Visual Aesthetics of Ancient Egyptian Writing

Quirke, Stephen
Lucarelli, Rita
Rashwan, Hany

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies in Egyptology

Art HistoryAncient Egypt

PREORDER - Expected ship date September 28, 2026

ISBN10: 1032915536
ISBN13: 9781032915531
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Sep 28 2026
Pages: 448
Language: English

This volume explores ancient Egyptian writing systems - one of the richest and most enduring image-writing systems in history - from the perspective of its visual aesthetics, rather than from a linguistic or philological perspective.

Marking two hundred years since the decipherment of hieroglyphics, it stands as a unique work celebrating this milestone through a renewed focus on the visual dimensions of ancient Egyptian writing. Traditional scholarly approaches in Egyptology often prioritise the linguistic and philological analysis of ancient Egyptian writings over their visual aspects. This volume ushers in a new wave of scholarship focused on rediscovering the visual aesthetics of ancient Egyptian writing, with examples drawn from across the ancient history of Egypt highlighting the visual, artistic, and stylistic elements employed in the creation and presentation of hieroglyphs and their cursive forms such as the hieratic script. These visual aspects encompass diverse essential elements contributing to the overall beauty, harmony, and expressive qualities of written texts in ancient Egypt.

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