The Art of Ancient EgyptHarvard University Press, 2008 - 271 Seiten From the awesome grandeur of the Great Pyramids to the delicacy of a face etched on an amulet, the spellbinding power of ancient Egyptian art persists to this day. Spanning three thousand years, this beautifully illustrated history offers a thorough and delightfully readable introduction to the artwork even as it provides insight into questions that have long engaged experts and amateurs alike. In its scope, its detail, and its eloquent reproduction of over 250 objects, Gay Robins's classic book is without parallel as a guide to the art of ancient Egypt. This eagerly awaited new edition includes many new color photographs and a fully revised and updated bibliography. |
Inhalt
Acknowledgements | 6 |
Foreword | 7 |
Chronology | 8 |
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Origins THE EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD | 30 |
The First Flowering THE OLD KINGDOM I | 40 |
A Golden Age THE OLD K1NGDOM II | 58 |
Diversity in Disunity THE FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD | 80 |
The Great Heresy THE NEW KINGDOM II | 149 |
The Glories of Empire THE NEW KINGDOM III | 166 |
Fragmentation and New Directions THE THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD | 195 |
Looking to the Past THE LATE PERIOD I | 210 |
The Final Flowering THE LATE PERIOD II AND THE PTOLEMAIC PERIOD | 231 |
Epilogue | 252 |
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Return to the Heights THE MIDDLE KINGDOM I | 90 |
Change and Collapse THE MIDDLE KINGDOM II | 110 |
A New Momentum THE NEW KINGDOM I | 122 |
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Abydos adoring Akhenaten Amarna Amenhotep Amun Amun-Ra artists Aten British Museum burial chamber coffin colour columns court crown cult dead deceased decoration Deir el-Bahri deities depicted divine Egyptian Eighteenth Dynasty elite entrance face falcon false door female front funerary temple goddess grid Hathor Hatshepsut hieroglyphs Horemheb Horus Isis Karnak king's kingship London Lower Egypt monuments motif Nebhepetra Montuhotep Nineteenth Dynasty non-royal offering formula official Old Kingdom Osiris Osorkon papyrus placed Porter and Moss priest Ptolemaic period pylon pyramid complex raised relief Ramses Ramses II reign represented ritual royal rulers Saqqara scene showing seated sed-festival Senwosret Shoshenq shoulders showing the king shown shrine side Sixth Dynasty standing statues stela stone sun disk sunk relief table of offerings Theban Thebes Third Intermediate Period Thirteenth Dynasty throne Thutmose tomb chapel traditional Twelfth Dynasty Twenty-sixth Dynasty underworld Upper wall wearing wings