The Gazelle in Ancient Egyptian Art
Author | : Åsa Strandberg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Animals in art |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Åsa Strandberg |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Animals in art |
ISBN | : |
Author | : James P. Allen |
Publisher | : Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Total Pages | : 117 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Art, Egyptian |
ISBN | : 1588391701 |
Diseases and injuries were major concerns for ancient Egyptians. This book, featuring some sixty-four objects from the Metropolitan Museum, discusses how both practical and magical medicine informed Egyptian art and for the first time reproduces and translates treatments described in the spectacular Edwin Smith Papyrus.
Author | : Georges Perrot |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 476 |
Release | : 1883 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Henry Windsor Villiers Stuart |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 700 |
Release | : 1879 |
Genre | : Egypt |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Adela Oppenheim |
Publisher | : Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2015-10-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1588395642 |
The Middle Kingdom (ca. 2030–1650 B.C.) was a transformational period in ancient Egypt, during which older artistic conventions, cultural principles, religious beliefs, and political systems were revived and reimagined. Ancient Egypt Transformed presents a comprehensive picture of the art of the Middle Kingdom, arguably the least known of Egypt’s three kingdoms and yet one that saw the creation of powerful, compelling works rendered with great subtlety and sensitivity. The book brings together nearly 300 diverse works— including sculpture, relief decoration, stelae, jewelry, coffins, funerary objects, and personal possessions from the world’s leading collections of Egyptian art. Essays on architecture, statuary, tomb and temple relief decoration, and stele explore how Middle Kingdom artists adapted forms and iconography of the Old Kingdom, using existing conventions to create strikingly original works. Twelve lavishly illustrated chapters, each with a scholarly essay and entries on related objects, begin with discussions of the distinctive art that arose in the south during the early Middle Kingdom, the artistic developments that followed the return to Egypt’s traditional capital in the north, and the renewed construction of pyramid complexes. Thematic chapters devoted to the pharaoh, royal women, the court, and the vital role of family explore art created for different strata of Egyptian society, while others provide insight into Egypt’s expanding relations with foreign lands and the themes of Middle Kingdom literature. The era’s religious beliefs and practices, such as the pilgrimage to Abydos, are revealed through magnificent objects created for tombs, chapels, and temples. Finally, the book discusses Middle Kingdom archaeological sites, including excavations undertaken by the Metropolitan Museum over a number of decades. Written by an international team of respected Egyptologists and Middle Kingdom specialists, the text provides recent scholarship and fresh insights, making the book an authoritative resource.
Author | : Edward Bleiberg |
Publisher | : Giles |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Animals |
ISBN | : 9781907804274 |
A fascinating mix of archaeology, history, and medical imaging shedding new light on ancient Egyptian animal mummies, this fully illustrated volume explores the important role granted to animals in Egyptian life--they were seen as equals to humans within creation, endowed with souls. By providing vital background information, backed up with scientific examination of the techniques of mummification, this new book is the first proper, accessible survey of this fascinating side of ancient Egyptian life. It is full of amazing images of mummies, sculptures, and small decorative objects. Accompanies a major travelling exhibition - Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA, March 22-June 15, 2014; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN, October 18, 2014-January 18, 2015; Brooklyn Museum , NY, Summer/Fall 2015.
Author | : Geraldine Pinch |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2004-04-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0192803468 |
This text explains the cultural and historical background to the fascinating and complex world of Egyptian myth, with each chapter dealing with a particular theme.
Author | : Whitney Davis |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 490 |
Release | : 2023-12-22 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0520322614 |
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1992.
Author | : John Romer |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 514 |
Release | : 2013-08-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1250030102 |
The ancient world comes to life in the first volume in a two book series on the history of Egypt, spanning the first farmers to the construction of the pyramids. Famed archaeologist John Romer draws on a lifetime of research to tell one history's greatest stories; how, over more than a thousand years, a society of farmers created a rich, vivid world where one of the most astounding of all human-made landmarks, the Great Pyramid, was built. Immersing the reader in the Egypt of the past, Romer examines and challenges the long-held theories about what archaeological finds mean and what stories they tell about how the Egyptians lived. More than just an account of one of the most fascinating periods of history, this engrossing book asks readers to take a step back and question what they've learned about Egypt in the past. Fans of Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra and history buffs will be captivated by this re-telling of Egyptian history, written by one of the top Egyptologists in the world.
Author | : Gay Robins |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0292770642 |
She also considers for the first time how, in general, the use of a grid system influenced composition as a whole. Numerous line drawings of paintings and reliefs with superimposed grids, either derived from actual grid traces surviving on monuments, or calculated according to the systems used by the Egyptians themselves, illustrate the text.