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Ancient Egyptian art / [text and picture research] Alice Cartocci ; [English translation, Shanti Evans].
LIBRA N5350 .C37813 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cartocci, Alice.
- Series:
- Visual encyclopedia of art
- Visual encyclopedia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, Ancient--Egypt.
- Art, Ancient.
- Egypt.
- Art, Egyptian.
- Egypt--Antiquities--Pictorial works.
- Antiquities.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 345 pages : chiefly color illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cairo, Egypt ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2009.
- Summary:
- True to its subtitle, this is a volume of images, presenting a chronological survey of outstanding works of art from ancient Egypt in color plates of the best quality. Each plate is accompanied by a brief caption with the work's name, medium, date, and location. Each section includes a timeline and brief summary of the era that follows. A full chronological timeline and a glossary conclude the volume. Lacking an index, the work is distributed in the U.S. by International Publishers Marketing (IPM). Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- The prehistoric and predynastic periods
- Where to find Egyptian art
- The old kingdom
- Famous figures
- The Middle Kingdom
- The new kingdom and the Amarna Period
- The treasure of Tutankhamun's Tomb
- The Late Period
- Egyptian jewelry
- Ptolemaic Egypt
- Great archaeological discoveries.
- ISBN:
- 9789774163234
- 9774163230
- OCLC:
- 436623216
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