Hatshepsut, from queen to Pharaoh / edited by Catharine H. Roehrig with Renée Dreyfus and Cathleen A. Keller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roehrig, Catharine H.

Dreyfus, Renée.

Keller, Cathleen A.

M.H. de Young Memorial Museum.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Kimbell Art Museum.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hatshepsut, King of Egypt--Exhibitions.

Hatshepsut.

Hatshepsut, King of Egypt.

Hatshepsut, King of Egypt--Art--Exhibitions.

Pharaohs--Exhibitions.

Pharaohs.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Art.

Physical Description:

xv, 339 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press, [2005]

Summary:

The female pharaoh Hatshepsut reigned for nearly twenty years during Egypt's early New Kingdom in the fifteenth century B.C. First acting as regent for her young nephew/stepson Thutmose III, she in time assumed the title of king and exercised the full powers of the throne as senior co-ruler. In accordance with Egyptian tradition, Hatshepsut was often depicted as a male king. After her death, however, monuments bearing her image were ruthlessly defaced, and her name was erased from historical accounts. Hatshepsut's rise to power and the nature of her kingship have long been debated by scholars. This fascinating period, one of immense artistic creativity, is illuminated by this volume's rich presentation of monumental royal sculpture and reliefs, ceremonial objects, exquisite personal items for everyday use, and dazzling jewelry. Essays focus on influences from the neighboring Near East, Nubia, and the Aegean; the innovative architecture built by Hatshepsut; powerful figures in the royal court during her reign; archaeological finds from this period; and mysteries surrounding the destruction of Hatshepsut's statues and the obliteration of her name. The first in-depth treatment of the subject, "Daughter of Re is an important investigation into the impact of Hatshepsut's reign on the history, culture, and artistic output of Egypt.

Contents:

Models of authority: Hatshepsut's predecessors in power

The burial of a royal woman and child of the late seventeenth dynasty

Art in transition: the rise of the eighteenth dynasty and the emergence of the Thutmoside style in sculpture and relief

Painting in the early eighteenth dynasty

Egypt and Nubia: conflict with the kingdom of Kush

Egypt and the near east: evidence of contact in the material record

Glass

The tomb of Maiherperi in the Valley of the Kings

Egypt and the Aegean: cultural convergence in a Thutmoside palace at Avaris

The role of Amun

Hatshepsut: princess to queen to co-ruler

The tomb of Ramose and Hatnefer

The joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III

The royal court

The career of Senenmut

Senenmut, royal tutor to princess Neferure

The statuary of Senenmut

The tombs of Senenmut

The temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri

Foundation deposits for the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri

Hatshepsut's mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri: architecture as political statement

The statuary of Hatshepsut

The shrines to Hathor at Deir el-Bahri

The temple of Mut: new evidence on Hatshepsut's building activity

The two tombs of Hatshepsut

Jewelry in the early eighteenth dynasty

Cosmetic equipment

Pottery and stone vessels in the reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III

Figure vases

Animal vases

Metalwork

Furniture and carpentry

After Hatshepsut: the military campaigns of Thutmose III

The proscription of Hatshepsut

The destruction of the statues of Hatshepsut from Deir el-Bahri

Erasing a reign

The temple of Thutmose III at Deir el-Bahri

A chronology: the later history and excavations of the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri

Hatshepsut's reputation in history.

Notes:

Catalogue to an exhibition at the MH de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, from October 15, 2005, to February 5, 2006; at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from March 21 to July 9, 2006; and at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, August 24 to December 31, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1588391728

1588391736

0300111398

OCLC:

61123054