Author: Diana Craig Patch
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588394603
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
"This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'The Dawn of Egyptian Art' on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from April 10 to August 5, 2012"--T.p. verso.
Dawn of Egyptian Art
Author: Diana Craig Patch
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588394603
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
"This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'The Dawn of Egyptian Art' on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from April 10 to August 5, 2012"--T.p. verso.
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588394603
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
"This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'The Dawn of Egyptian Art' on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York from April 10 to August 5, 2012"--T.p. verso.
Ancient Egypt Transformed
Author: Adela Oppenheim
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588395642
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588395642
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
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.
Aegaeum
Author: Université de Liège. Service d'histoire de l'art et d'archéologie de la Grèce antique
Publisher:
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Category : Aegean Sea Region
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Aegean Sea Region
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Nag Hammadi Codices, Volume 4 Codex III
Author: Department of Antiquities of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004438726
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004438726
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Aegaeum
Author:
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Category : Aegean Islands (Greeece and Turkey)
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Aegean Islands (Greeece and Turkey)
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Order, Legitimacy, and Wealth in Ancient States
Author: Janet Richards
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521776714
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Three terms, Order, Legitimacy and Wealth, delineate a comparative approach to ancient civilizations initially developed by John Baines, Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford, and Norman Yoffee, Professor of Archaeology and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan, in 1992. In an influential paper, they compared and contrasted the nature of social and political power in Egypt and Mesopotamia. This was the first analysis of the impact of wealth and high culture on the development of states. The contributors to the present book, first published in 2000, apply the classic Baines/Yoffee model to a range of ancient states around the world, providing documentary and archaeological evidence on the production and uses of 'high culture', literature and monumental architecture. There are chapters on Mesoamerica, the Andes, the Indus Valley, the Han Dynasty of China, and Greece during the Roman empire, while others expand on the original Egypt-Mesopotamia comparison.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521776714
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Three terms, Order, Legitimacy and Wealth, delineate a comparative approach to ancient civilizations initially developed by John Baines, Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford, and Norman Yoffee, Professor of Archaeology and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan, in 1992. In an influential paper, they compared and contrasted the nature of social and political power in Egypt and Mesopotamia. This was the first analysis of the impact of wealth and high culture on the development of states. The contributors to the present book, first published in 2000, apply the classic Baines/Yoffee model to a range of ancient states around the world, providing documentary and archaeological evidence on the production and uses of 'high culture', literature and monumental architecture. There are chapters on Mesoamerica, the Andes, the Indus Valley, the Han Dynasty of China, and Greece during the Roman empire, while others expand on the original Egypt-Mesopotamia comparison.
Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo
Author: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. Abteilung Kairo
Publisher:
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : de
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : de
Pages : 312
Book Description
El Kharafish
Author: Heiko Riemer
Publisher: Heinrich-Barth-Institut
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Publisher: Heinrich-Barth-Institut
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Predynastic and Archaic Egypt in the Brooklyn Museum
Author: Brooklyn Museum
Publisher:
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Anthropological Linguistics
Author:
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Category : Comparative linguistics
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Comparative linguistics
Languages : en
Pages : 1010
Book Description