060087 VO Art and Archaeology: The history and art of private tombs of the 18th Dynasty at Thebes (2023S)
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Language: English
Examination dates
- Wednesday 24.05.2023 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 6 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 EG
- Monday 02.10.2023 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum 3 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, EG
- Wednesday 15.11.2023 12:00 - 13:30 Seminarraum 3 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, EG
- Tuesday 06.02.2024 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 3 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, EG
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Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
The lecture on 29.03.2023 is CANCELED. The lecture on 03.05.2023 will be extended to 17.30 (with short breaks!).
- Wednesday 01.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 6 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 EG
- Wednesday 08.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 6 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 EG
- Wednesday 15.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 6 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 EG
- Wednesday 22.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 6 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 EG
- Wednesday 29.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 6 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 EG
- Wednesday 19.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 6 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 EG
- Wednesday 26.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 6 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 EG
- Wednesday 03.05. 15:00 - 17:30 Hörsaal 6 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 EG
- Wednesday 10.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Hörsaal 6 Franz-Klein-Gasse 1 EG
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
The exam will be a written exam taken in person. The exam questions will be based on material treated in class.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
For a positive assessment, at least 50% of the maximum number of points must be achieved. Grading method:
88 - 100 % = 1
75 - 87,99 % = 2
62,51 - 74,99 % = 3
50 - 62,5 % = 4
0 - 49,99 % = 5A regular participation in the class is strongly recommended.
88 - 100 % = 1
75 - 87,99 % = 2
62,51 - 74,99 % = 3
50 - 62,5 % = 4
0 - 49,99 % = 5A regular participation in the class is strongly recommended.
Examination topics
The exam will be a written exam taken in person. The exam questions will be based on material treated in class.There are four exam dates possible:1st exam date: Wednesday 10 May 2023 15:00-16.30 in person, Hörsaal 6, Franz-Klein-Gasse 1
2nd exam date: Monday 2 October 2023 11:30-13.00 in person, Seminarraum 3, Franz-Klein-Gasse 1
3rd exam date: December 2023 15:00-16.30 in person, Hörsaal 6, Franz-Klein-Gasse 1
4th exam date: March 2024 15:00-16.30 in person, Hörsaal 6, Franz-Klein-Gasse 1The exact dates for the 3rd and 4th exam will be determined soon.
2nd exam date: Monday 2 October 2023 11:30-13.00 in person, Seminarraum 3, Franz-Klein-Gasse 1
3rd exam date: December 2023 15:00-16.30 in person, Hörsaal 6, Franz-Klein-Gasse 1
4th exam date: March 2024 15:00-16.30 in person, Hörsaal 6, Franz-Klein-Gasse 1The exact dates for the 3rd and 4th exam will be determined soon.
Reading list
Week 1 - History of excavation + what is a tomb
Kampp, F, 2003, The Theban Necropolis: an overview of topography and tomb development from the Middle Kingdom to the Ramesside Period, in: Strudwick, N., Taylor, J.H., The Theban Necropolis: Past, Present and Future, The British Museum Press: London, p. 2-10.
OR:
Kampp, F., 1996, Die thebanische Necropole: Zum Wandel des Grabgedankens von der XVII. Bis zur XX. Dynastie, Verlag Philipp von Zabern: Mainz am Rhein, p. 7-10.
Ikram, S., Dodson, A., 2008, The Tomb in Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson: United Kingdom, p. 55-75. About the history of Egyptology & the study of the tomb.Week 2 - Tomb owner
Hartwig, M., 2004, Tomb Painting and Identity in Ancient Thebes, 1419-1372 BCE, Brepols: Turnhout, p. 5-22, 35-37.
Dorman, P., ‘Family burial and commemoration in the Theban Necropolis’, in: Strudwick, N., Taylor, J.H., The Theban Necropolis: Past, Present and Future, The British Museum Press: London, p. 30-41.Week 3 - Artists
Laboury, D., Tavier, H., ’In Search of Painters in the Theban Necropolis of the 18th Dynasty: Prolegomena to an analysis of pictorial practices in the tomb of Amenemope (TT 29)’, in: Angenot, V., Tiradritti, F., Artists and Colour in ancient Egypt, Proceedings of the colloquium held in Montepulciano, August 22nd – 24th, 2008, Studi Poliziani di Egittologia 1, Montepulciano: Missione Archeologica Italiana a Luxor, p. 57-77.Recommended: Laboury, D.,Tradition and Creativity. Toward a Study of Intericonicity in Ancient Egyptian Art, in: T. Gillen (ed.), (Re)productive Traditions in Ancient Egypt, AegLeod 10 (Liège 2017), p. 229–258.Week 4 - Audience
Den Doncker, A., 2012, ’Theban Tomb Graffiti during the New Kingdom. Research on the Reception of Ancient Egyptian Images by Ancient Egyptians’, in: Kóthay, K.A., Arts and Society: Ancient and Modern Contexts of Egyptian Art, Museum of Fine Arts: Budapest, p. 23-35.Week 5 - Tomb decoration - Understanding Egyptian art
Robins, G, 1986, Egyptian Painting and Relief, Shire Publications: Aylesbury, p. 12-30 + 138-147.
Mekhitarian, A., 1978, Egyptian Painting, London: Macmillan London Ltd, p. 17-20.
Recommended:
Schäfer, H. Principles of Egyptian Art. Edited by Emma Brunner-Traut, translated and edited by John Baines with a foreword by E.H. Gombrich (Oxford 1974): pp. 93–137, 172–189.Week 6 - Tomb decoration - Early 18th dynasty
Mekhitarian, A., 1978, Egyptian Painting, London: Macmillan London Ltd, p. 39-50.Week 7 - Tomb decoration - Mid-18th dynasty
Mekhitarian, A., 1978, Egyptian Painting, London: Macmillan London Ltd, p. 53-72.
Recommended:
Theban Tomb Painting during the Reign of Amenhotep II (1427-1400 bc). Investigations into an Artistic Creation in its Historical and Sociocultural Context. in: Kóthay, K.A., Arts and Society: Ancient and Modern Contexts of Egyptian Art, Museum of Fine Arts: Budapest, p. 151-159.
Rogner, F., 2020, Prestige durch Bilder: Variationen und Entwicklungen des Motivs der Wüstenjagd in thebanischen Grabkapellen der 18. Dynastie, In (Un)Sterblichkeit: Schrift - Körper - Kult. Beiträge des neunten Berliner Arbeitskreises Junge Aegyptologie (BAJA 9), 30.11.-2.12.2018. Edited by A. Verbovsek, D. Serova, B. Backes, M. W. Götz. Göttinger Orientforschungen, 4. Reihe: Ägypten 67. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, Pp. 157-174.Week 8 - tomb decoration - Late 18th dynasty
Mekhitarian, A., 1978, Egyptian Painting, London: Macmillan London Ltd, p. 72-113.
Recommended:
Kampp, F., Seyfried, K.-J., 1995, ’Eine Rückkehr nach Theben. Das Grab des Pa-ren-nefer, Hoherpriester des Amun zur Zeit Tutanchamuns’, in: Antike Welt 26,5, 325–342.
Pieke, G., 2021, ’Finding a New Balance: Non-Royal Tombs of the Post-Amarna Period in Western Thebes’, in: Coppens, F. (Ed.), Continuity, Discontinuity and Change, Prague: Charles University,
Kampp, F, 2003, The Theban Necropolis: an overview of topography and tomb development from the Middle Kingdom to the Ramesside Period, in: Strudwick, N., Taylor, J.H., The Theban Necropolis: Past, Present and Future, The British Museum Press: London, p. 2-10.
OR:
Kampp, F., 1996, Die thebanische Necropole: Zum Wandel des Grabgedankens von der XVII. Bis zur XX. Dynastie, Verlag Philipp von Zabern: Mainz am Rhein, p. 7-10.
Ikram, S., Dodson, A., 2008, The Tomb in Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson: United Kingdom, p. 55-75. About the history of Egyptology & the study of the tomb.Week 2 - Tomb owner
Hartwig, M., 2004, Tomb Painting and Identity in Ancient Thebes, 1419-1372 BCE, Brepols: Turnhout, p. 5-22, 35-37.
Dorman, P., ‘Family burial and commemoration in the Theban Necropolis’, in: Strudwick, N., Taylor, J.H., The Theban Necropolis: Past, Present and Future, The British Museum Press: London, p. 30-41.Week 3 - Artists
Laboury, D., Tavier, H., ’In Search of Painters in the Theban Necropolis of the 18th Dynasty: Prolegomena to an analysis of pictorial practices in the tomb of Amenemope (TT 29)’, in: Angenot, V., Tiradritti, F., Artists and Colour in ancient Egypt, Proceedings of the colloquium held in Montepulciano, August 22nd – 24th, 2008, Studi Poliziani di Egittologia 1, Montepulciano: Missione Archeologica Italiana a Luxor, p. 57-77.Recommended: Laboury, D.,Tradition and Creativity. Toward a Study of Intericonicity in Ancient Egyptian Art, in: T. Gillen (ed.), (Re)productive Traditions in Ancient Egypt, AegLeod 10 (Liège 2017), p. 229–258.Week 4 - Audience
Den Doncker, A., 2012, ’Theban Tomb Graffiti during the New Kingdom. Research on the Reception of Ancient Egyptian Images by Ancient Egyptians’, in: Kóthay, K.A., Arts and Society: Ancient and Modern Contexts of Egyptian Art, Museum of Fine Arts: Budapest, p. 23-35.Week 5 - Tomb decoration - Understanding Egyptian art
Robins, G, 1986, Egyptian Painting and Relief, Shire Publications: Aylesbury, p. 12-30 + 138-147.
Mekhitarian, A., 1978, Egyptian Painting, London: Macmillan London Ltd, p. 17-20.
Recommended:
Schäfer, H. Principles of Egyptian Art. Edited by Emma Brunner-Traut, translated and edited by John Baines with a foreword by E.H. Gombrich (Oxford 1974): pp. 93–137, 172–189.Week 6 - Tomb decoration - Early 18th dynasty
Mekhitarian, A., 1978, Egyptian Painting, London: Macmillan London Ltd, p. 39-50.Week 7 - Tomb decoration - Mid-18th dynasty
Mekhitarian, A., 1978, Egyptian Painting, London: Macmillan London Ltd, p. 53-72.
Recommended:
Theban Tomb Painting during the Reign of Amenhotep II (1427-1400 bc). Investigations into an Artistic Creation in its Historical and Sociocultural Context. in: Kóthay, K.A., Arts and Society: Ancient and Modern Contexts of Egyptian Art, Museum of Fine Arts: Budapest, p. 151-159.
Rogner, F., 2020, Prestige durch Bilder: Variationen und Entwicklungen des Motivs der Wüstenjagd in thebanischen Grabkapellen der 18. Dynastie, In (Un)Sterblichkeit: Schrift - Körper - Kult. Beiträge des neunten Berliner Arbeitskreises Junge Aegyptologie (BAJA 9), 30.11.-2.12.2018. Edited by A. Verbovsek, D. Serova, B. Backes, M. W. Götz. Göttinger Orientforschungen, 4. Reihe: Ägypten 67. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, Pp. 157-174.Week 8 - tomb decoration - Late 18th dynasty
Mekhitarian, A., 1978, Egyptian Painting, London: Macmillan London Ltd, p. 72-113.
Recommended:
Kampp, F., Seyfried, K.-J., 1995, ’Eine Rückkehr nach Theben. Das Grab des Pa-ren-nefer, Hoherpriester des Amun zur Zeit Tutanchamuns’, in: Antike Welt 26,5, 325–342.
Pieke, G., 2021, ’Finding a New Balance: Non-Royal Tombs of the Post-Amarna Period in Western Thebes’, in: Coppens, F. (Ed.), Continuity, Discontinuity and Change, Prague: Charles University,
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Last modified: Tu 07.11.2023 16:27
- Get an overview of the excavation methods used in the past and present by going through old and new publications & resources;
- Get an overview of the Theban Necropolis, its use and its purpose by summarising its history;
- Understand the different functions of a tomb by looking at the topographical position, geographical location and purpose;
- Get an overview of the different agents involved in the private tombs by looking at the role of the tomb owner, the artists and the viewers;
- Understand the stylistic developments throughout the 18th dynasty.Method:The aims of this class will be reached through the teaching material and through reading the required literature. In class, a powerpoint will be used. Questions and discussion are encouraged. The powerpoint-presentations will be put on Moodle after class. The lectures will not be recorded or live-streamed.Students may only use the content provided in Moodle for private learning purposes and not for professional or commercial purposes (e.g. downloading, saving and printing). Passing on content to third parties is generally prohibited, also the passing on via upload to other platforms, via social media or cloud services or similar is not permitted from a copyright point of view.