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Egypt in the age of the pyramids : highlights from the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Expedition / Yvonne J. Markowitz, Joyce L. Haynes, Rita E. Freed.
Penn Museum Library - Egyptian Collection N5350 .M26 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Markowitz, Yvonne J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reisner, George Andrew, 1867-1942.
- Art, Egyptian--Exhibitions.
- Art, Egyptian.
- History.
- Civilization.
- Egypt--Antiquities--Exhibitions.
- Egypt.
- Antiquities.
- Egypt--Civilization--Exhibitions.
- Egypt--History--Old Kingdom, ca. 2686-ca. 2181 B.C--Exhibitions.
- Reisner, George Andrew, 1867-1942--Exhibitions.
- Reisner, George Andrew.
- Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Expedition--Exhibitions.
- Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Expedition.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 139 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Mass. : MFA Publications, [2002]
- Summary:
- The age of the pyramids, or Old Kingdom period, was Egypt's crowning moment, known to many as its Golden Age. It was a time when kings and queens commanded stone to be turned into architectural marvels, the human figure to be immortalized, and exquisite furnishings and jewelry to be fashioned for this life and the one beyond the tomb. One of the world's premier collections of Old Kingdom art belongs to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, but never before have highlights from the collection been presented together in a single, lavishly-illustrated volume. Nor have many of the fascinating archival photographs of the excavations that unearthed these objects been published as they are here. Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids provides a glimpse of life -- and death -- at the pinnacle of Egyptian civilization, as well as the excitement of the first excavators who discovered its treasures.
- Contents:
- Egypt in the Age of the Pyramids / Rita E. Freed 17
- Excavating Giza / Yvonne J. Markowitz 33
- Catalogue of Objects / Joyce L. Haynes, Yvonne J. Markowitz 47
- A Analysis of Old Kingdom Gold Artifacts / Richard Newman
- B Analysis of a Seal of Office
- Inscription / Joyce L. Haynes
- Construction / Yvonne J. Markowitz
- Material Analysis / Richard Newman, Michele Derrick.
- Notes:
- Published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in collaboration with the Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts in Nagoya, Japan, and held at the Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 18 - June 16, 2002, and at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 25 - May 18, 2003.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-137).
- ISBN:
- 0878466304
- OCLC:
- 49324769
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