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Author Cannon-Brown, Willie.

Title Nefer : the aesthetic ideal in classical Egypt / Willie Cannon-Brown
Published New York : Routledge, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (x, 116 pages) : illustrations
Series African studies
African studies (Routledge (Firm))
Contents The aesthetic tradition : a review -- Afrocentric elements : a methodological consideration -- The divine, the beautiful : an African perspective -- Kemet internal framework -- Beauty is everywhere
Summary This book€provides an original treatment of the concept of good and beauty in ancient Egypt. It seeks to examine the dimensions of nefer, the term used to describe the good and the beautiful, within the context of ordinary life. Because the book is based upon original research on ancient Egypt it opens up space for a review of the aesthetics of other African societies in the Nile Valley. Thus, it serves as a heuristic for further research and scholarship
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-111) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Aesthetics, Egyptian.
Aesthetics, Ancient.
Afrocentrism.
PHILOSOPHY -- Aesthetics.
Aesthetics, Ancient
Aesthetics, Egyptian
Afrocentrism
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0415979943
9780415979948
0203944283
9780203944288
9786611064129
6611064125