{"pk":3965,"title":"Predynastic Art","subtitle":null,"abstract":"“Predynastic art” describes a range of visual imagery and ornamental forms attested in Egypt and Lower Nubia from c.4000 - 3300 BCE. The known corpus comprises a rich variety of figural and non-figural designs, often applied to functional objects that were widely available, such as cosmetic palettes, ceramic vessels, and combs. Free-standing figurines are also known, as are occasional examples of large-scale painting and sculpture. Such images were a pervasive feature of Egyptian social life prior to the formation of the dynastic state, when elaborate personal display appears to have become a prerogative of elite groups.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[{"word":"art"},{"word":"palette"},{"word":"macehead"},{"word":"predynastic"},{"word":"funerary"},{"word":"Naqada"},{"word":"Ballas"},{"word":"Archaeological Anthropology"},{"word":"Art History, Criticism and Conservation"},{"word":"Near Eastern Languages and Societies"}],"section":"Material Culture, Art and Architecture","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5gk265x0","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"David","middle_name":"","last_name":"Wengrow","name_suffix":"","institution":"Institute of Archaeology, UCL","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2008-01-31T08:00:00Z","date_accepted":"2008-01-31T08:00:00Z","date_published":"2009-05-05T07:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/nelc_uee/article/3965/galley/2541/download/"}]}