LEADER 03608oam 2200529 450 001 9910495889003321 005 20230421035427.0 010 $a0-585-29935-8 035 $a(CKB)111004366706352 035 $a(MH)003243841-9 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000198521 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12030509 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000198521 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10183503 035 $a(PQKB)10339284 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366706352 100 $a19910607d1992 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMasking the blow $ethe scene of representation in late prehistoric Egyptian art /$fWhitney Davis 210 1$aBerkeley :$cUniversity of California Press,$d[1992] 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 299 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aCalifornia studies in the history of art ;$v30 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-520-07488-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 282-296) and index. 327 $tHistory and the Scene of Representation --$tOutside the Scene --$tCircling the Scene --$tEntering the Scene --$tFailing to See on Contested Ground --$tIn the Morgue --$tLooking Back --$tAbout-Face --$tIn the Wild --$tAppendix: Pictorial Narrative. 330 1 $a"The meaning of late prehistoric Egyptian images has until now been tantalizingly mysterious and as little understood as the circumstances of their production. Analyses of these images, as a result, have been merely general and often incorrectly illustrated. Whitney Davis's Masking the Blow: The Scene of Representation in Late Prehistoric Egyptian Art provides a welcome remedy in its detailed reinterpretation of images carved on ivory knife handles and schist cosmetic palettes, including the Narmer Palette, often considered the very inception of ancient Egyptian canonical image making in the dynastic pharaonic tradition. Davis deciphers the intriguing pictorial narratives and complex metaphors of images that are concerned with "masking the blow" of the ruler. "Masking the blow" refers to the many ways in which the late prehistoric Egyptian images represent, elide, or suppress the depiction of a ruler's decisive violent act of conquering an enemy, whether a hunted animal or a human antagonist; although this act is the central theme of late prehistoric Egyptian representation - the basic concern of pictorial narrative - it is partly disguised within images themselves. The book examines the pictorial mechanics of this "masking" and interprets the "scene of representation," the context of image making, in which it transpires." "Examining late prehistoric Egyptian images in light of contemporary visual theory and illustrating his analyses with excellent reproductions of the works of art, Davis goes beyond the usual concern beyond the usual concern for stylistic development and iconographic meanings that characterizes prior studies."--Jacket. 410 0$aCalifornia studies in the history of art ;$v30. 606 $aArt, Prehistoric$zEgypt$xThemes, motives 606 $aArt, Egyptian$xThemes, motives 607 $aEgypt$xAntiquities 615 0$aArt, Prehistoric$xThemes, motives. 615 0$aArt, Egyptian$xThemes, motives. 676 $a709/.32 700 0$aDavis$b Whitney$0473559 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 801 2$bMH-FA 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910495889003321 996 $aMasking the blow$92863297 997 $aUNINA