Egyptian art in the age of the pyramids

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Egyptian art in the age of the pyramids
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Libraries
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b1267431x
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Directors' Foreword / Francoise Cachin, Philippe de Montebello and Lindsay Sharp -- Acknowledgments / Dorothea Arnold, Krzysztof Grzymski and Christiane Ziegler -- A Note on Egyptian Chronology / Elisabeth David -- Dynastic and Regnal Dates / James P. Allen -- Introduction / Dorothea Arnold and Christiane Ziegler -- Introductory Essays -- A Brief History of the Old Kingdom / Jean Leclant -- The Step Pyramid Precinct of King Djoser / Jean-Philippe Lauer -- Pyramids and Their Temples / Audran Labrousse -- The Tombs of Officials: Houses of Eternity / Peter Janosi -- Old Kingdom Statues in their Architectural Setting / Dieter Arnold -- Royal Statuary / Krzysztof Grzymski -- Nonroyal Statuary / Christiane Ziegler -- Reserve Heads: An Enigma of Old Kingdom Sculpture / Catharine H. Roehrig -- Royal Reliefs / Dorothea Arnold -- The Human Image in Old Kingdom Nonroyal Reliefs / Nadine Cherpion -- Furniture of the Old Kingdom / Julie Anderson -- Stone Vessels: Luxury Items with Manifold Implications / Dorothea Arnold and Elena Pischikova -- Excavating the Old Kingdom: From Khafre's Valley Temple to the Governor's City at Balat / Nicolas Grimal -- Excavating the Old Kingdom: The Giza Necropolis and other Mastaba Fields / Peter Der Manuelian -- Excavating the Old Kingdom: The Egyptian Archaeologists / Zahi Hawass -- Catalogue -- Third Dynasty -- Fourth Dynasty -- Fifth Dynasty -- Sixth Dynasty
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In essays that will enrich the understanding of the general and scholarly audience alike, international experts examine the history of the Old Kingdom, the architecture of royal pyramid complexes and nonroyal tombs, statuary, reliefs, minor arts, and the history of excavations of Old Kingdom monuments. They also focus sharply on the individual works in the exhibition. The texts are lavishly supported by plans, drawings, and photographs of the works in the exhibition as well as comparative material. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website
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536 p.
Identifier isbn 1
0870999060
Identifier isbn 2
0870999060 (HC)
Identifier isbn 3
0870999079 (pbk.)
Language
eng
Publisher
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Title
Egyptian art in the age of the pyramids
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text