The art and architecture of ancient Egypt / W. Stevenson Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, William Stevenson, author.

Contributor:

Simpson, William Kelly, writer of added text.

Yale University Press, publisher.

Series:

Yale University Press Pelican history of art.

Yale University Press Pelican history of art

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Egypt.

Architecture.

Art, Egyptian.

Antiquities.

Egypt--Antiquities.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 296 pages) : 420 illustrations (some color), plans

Edition:

3rd ed / rev. with additions by William Kelly Simpson.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Conn. ; London : Yale University Press, 1998.

Summary:

"A wealth of art and architectural treasures survive from Ancient Egypt.... In this book, Ancient Egyptian monuments, their decorations, and many other works of art are reproduced in more than four hundred 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"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Map of Egypt

pt. 1. The Prehistoric and Early Dynastic Periods

2. Predynastic Egypt (4000-3200 B.C.)

3. Dynasties I-II (3200-2780 B.C.)

pt. 2. The Old Kingdom

4. Dynasty III (2780-2680 B.C.)

5. Dynasty IV (2680-2565 B.C.)

6. Dynasty V (2565-2420 B.C.)

7. Dynasty VI (2420-2258 B.C.)

pt. 3. The Growth of the Middle Kingdom and its Collapse

8. The First Intermediate Period : Dynasties VII-X (2258-2052 B.C.)

9. Dynasty XI (2134-1991 B.C.)

10. Dynasty XII (1991-1786 B.C.)

11. The Minor Arts and Foreign Relations of the Middle Kingdom

12. The Second Intermediate Period : Dynasties XIII-XVII (1786-1570 B.C.)

pt. 4. The New Kingdom

13. The Early Eighteenth Dynasty : Ahmose-Tuthmosis III (1570-1450 B.C.)

14. The Height of the Eighteenth Dynasty : Amenhotep II-Amenhotep III (1450-1372 B.C.)

15. The Palace of Amenhotep III and New Kingdom Domestic Architecture

16. The Change to Amarna

17. The Amarna Period (1372-1350 B.C.)

18. The Post-Amarna Period (1350-1314 B.C.)

19. The Ramesside Period : Dynasties XIX-XX (1314-1085 B.C.)

pt. 5. The Later Periods

20. The Period of Decline : Dynasties XXI-XXII (1085-730 B.C.)

21. The Kushite and Saite Revival and the End of Dynastic Egypt (730-332 B.C.).

Notes:

Publisher's website lists publication date as January 11, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on December 1, 2023).

ISBN:

9780300276480

0300276486

OCLC:

1411227722