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The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt.
GIC Collection at Penn Libraries
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, William Stevenson.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Local Subjects:
- History.
- Summary:
- A wealth of art and architectural treasures survive from Ancient Egypt -- a civilization that endured from the fourth millennium B.C. to the conquest of Alexander the Great. In this book, Ancient Egyptian monuments, their decorations, and many other works of art are reproduced in over 400 beautiful illustrations.
- The Ancient Egyptians in their tombs attempted to recreate life for the dead in a naturalistic way, often against the background of the landscape in which they lived. This book shows the tombs at Thebes, including the treasure filled burial place of Tutankhamen; the temples of Luxor and Karnak; and the palaces of Akhenaten at Tell el Amarna and of Amenhotep III at Thebes. It also presents many revealing portraits depicting a range of subjects from the kings and queens who built the pyramids at Giza and Saqqara to their own civil servants.
- ISBN:
- 300077475
- 0300077157
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