Agents of Construction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12955823 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marina W Brown (Yale University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 153-211 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Egyptian History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1874-1657 • E-ISSN: 1874-1665 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18741665-12340038 |
| OpenAlex | W2782211157 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
This new analysis of the interaction between graffiti and their physical context examines the functionality of rock inscriptions for the ancient Egyptians and finds that the annexation and redefinition of the landscape was a key factor motivating the production of rock art and rock inscriptions spanning the Egyptian Predynastic and Dynastic Periods. Casting off the modern, negative, connotations of “graffiti,” new research comparing ancient and modern graffiti traditions—including a proper understanding of the territorial and artistic implications of modern “gang” graffiti—illuminates certain functional parallels and assists in the formulation of a new framework based on Alfred Gell’s theory on the material agency of art and subsequent critiques. In this framework graffiti simultaneously mark territorial boundaries and work actively to create and maintain territory on an ongoing basis. The application of the framework to an ancient Egyptian case study illuminates the dynamic relationship between rock inscriptions and site formation
Aesthetics · Agency (philosophy · Annexation · Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Graffiti · Parallels · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Engineering · History · Law · Public Spaces through Art
Art And Agency
Material culture and mass consumption
Frame analysis
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Self-Representation in Old Kingdom Quarrying Inscriptions at Wadi Hammamat
The Psš-kf and the ‘Opening of the Mouth’ Ceremony
Minor War Scenes of Ramesses II at Karnak
An Early Dynastic Serekh from the Kharga Oasis
The Tomb of Antefoḳer, Vizier of Sesostris I, and of his Wife Senet (No. 60)
The New-Kingdom Temples of Buhen
Reassembling the Social
The Egyptian Mummy
More Inscriptions from the Southern Eastern Desert
New Hieroglyphic Evidence for Pharaonic Activity in the Eastern Desert of Egypt
Inscriptions from the Coptite Nome, Dynasties VI-XI
The Enigmatic Statuette of Djehutymose (MFA 24.743)
Discussions on the Daybook Style and the Formulae of Malediction and Benediction Stemming from Five Middle Kingdom Rock-Cut Stelae from Gebel el-Girgawi
Egypt's Dazzling Sun
New Inscriptions of the Late First Intermediate Period from the Theban Western Desert and the Beginnings of the Northern Expansion of the Eleventh Dynasty
Urban Graffiti as Territorial Markers∗
When Pharaoh Turned the Landscape into a Stela
Dialogues of Ancient Graffiti in the House of Maius Castricius in Pompeii
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Source of the Tigris'. Event, place and performance in the Assyrian landscapes of the Early Iron Age
| Highly cited | No |
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