Author: Edna R. Russmann
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520230868
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The book is published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts and The British Museum and drawn exclusively from the collection of The British Museum, which is among the finest in the world. Illustrated with images of the works in the exhibition, as well as comparative materials, Eternal Egypt is that rare book of interest and value to the general and scholarly audience alike."--BOOK JACKET.
Eternal Egypt
Author: Edna R. Russmann
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520230868
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The book is published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts and The British Museum and drawn exclusively from the collection of The British Museum, which is among the finest in the world. Illustrated with images of the works in the exhibition, as well as comparative materials, Eternal Egypt is that rare book of interest and value to the general and scholarly audience alike."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520230868
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The book is published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts and The British Museum and drawn exclusively from the collection of The British Museum, which is among the finest in the world. Illustrated with images of the works in the exhibition, as well as comparative materials, Eternal Egypt is that rare book of interest and value to the general and scholarly audience alike."--BOOK JACKET.
Silent Images
Author: Zahi Hawass
Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN: 9789774162022
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
This beautifully produced new paperback edition of Silent Images explores a puzzling contradiction: Despite the multitude of artifacts and texts that have come to us from ancient Egypt, much still remains obscure regarding the lives of women. Women were, from the historical perspective, silent-but how should this silence be interpreted? What was the reality of women's lives behind the standardized images? We know that their chief role in society as mothers and anchors of the family was honored and respected, although it meant a degree of segregation and, in most periods, excluded them from public office. Nevertheless, in law they were the equals of men and they could, and did, own property, which they administered and disposed of themselves. Zahi Hawass's book searches for a more realistic picture of women's lives in ancient Egypt. As well as reconsidering the evidence from tomb and temple, the author draws on unpublished material from his excavations at the workers' cemetery at Giza, which sheds light on the womenfolk of the workmen who built and maintained the pyramids. The text is complemented by lavish illustrations of places and objects, many made especially for this book.
Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN: 9789774162022
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
This beautifully produced new paperback edition of Silent Images explores a puzzling contradiction: Despite the multitude of artifacts and texts that have come to us from ancient Egypt, much still remains obscure regarding the lives of women. Women were, from the historical perspective, silent-but how should this silence be interpreted? What was the reality of women's lives behind the standardized images? We know that their chief role in society as mothers and anchors of the family was honored and respected, although it meant a degree of segregation and, in most periods, excluded them from public office. Nevertheless, in law they were the equals of men and they could, and did, own property, which they administered and disposed of themselves. Zahi Hawass's book searches for a more realistic picture of women's lives in ancient Egypt. As well as reconsidering the evidence from tomb and temple, the author draws on unpublished material from his excavations at the workers' cemetery at Giza, which sheds light on the womenfolk of the workmen who built and maintained the pyramids. The text is complemented by lavish illustrations of places and objects, many made especially for this book.
Art for Eternity
Author: Richard A. Fazzini
Publisher: ACC Distribution
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The enduring popularity and fascination with the art of Egypt is at the heart of this volume. This completely new survey sets out to shatter any conventional beliefs that Egyptian art is obsessed with funerary themes and full of static renderings of the human form. The authors present this art, which has a 7,000 year history, as a product of a civilization wholly different from our own. One hundred of the most significant pieces from the Brooklyn Museum of Art are chronologically organized, revealing how Egyptian 'art' developed and progressed.
Publisher: ACC Distribution
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The enduring popularity and fascination with the art of Egypt is at the heart of this volume. This completely new survey sets out to shatter any conventional beliefs that Egyptian art is obsessed with funerary themes and full of static renderings of the human form. The authors present this art, which has a 7,000 year history, as a product of a civilization wholly different from our own. One hundred of the most significant pieces from the Brooklyn Museum of Art are chronologically organized, revealing how Egyptian 'art' developed and progressed.
Eternal Egypt
Author: Pierre Montet
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9781842120187
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
One of the foremost archaeologists and historians of ancient Egypt, Montet brilliantly details the Egyptian civilization by immersing the reader in every aspect of life in the Nile Valley, from earliest times until the conquest by Alexander the Great: the climate, the flora and fauna, the arts and crafts, the attitudes to their gods and the afterlife, Egyptian contributions to literature, science and art, and the symbolic Nile.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9781842120187
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
One of the foremost archaeologists and historians of ancient Egypt, Montet brilliantly details the Egyptian civilization by immersing the reader in every aspect of life in the Nile Valley, from earliest times until the conquest by Alexander the Great: the climate, the flora and fauna, the arts and crafts, the attitudes to their gods and the afterlife, Egyptian contributions to literature, science and art, and the symbolic Nile.
The Eye of Horus
Author: Gae Callender
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman
ISBN: 9780582876828
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman
ISBN: 9780582876828
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Egypt to the End of the Old Kingdom
Author: Cyril Aldred
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 9780500290019
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Traces the cultural developments of distinct periods in ancient Egyptian history through examples of architecture, sculpture, and artifacts.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 9780500290019
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Traces the cultural developments of distinct periods in ancient Egyptian history through examples of architecture, sculpture, and artifacts.
Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven
Author: Anne K. Capel
Publisher: Hudson Hills
ISBN: 9781555951290
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The first-of-its-kind exhibit cataloged here focuses on the women of Egypt from all levels of society in works compiled strictly from American collections by American curators. Because the quantity of written records is limited (though enormous in comparison to most early societies), there is still much guesswork involved in determining the place women held in Egyptian society. It is clear that, unlike most ancient and not-so-ancient societies, Egypt conferred on women the legal right to own property and to barter their own goods, which means a larger record for current study. The essays here are both erudite and fascinating to read; the illustrations are clear and well presented in conjunction with the text. 117 colour & 112 b/w illustrations
Publisher: Hudson Hills
ISBN: 9781555951290
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The first-of-its-kind exhibit cataloged here focuses on the women of Egypt from all levels of society in works compiled strictly from American collections by American curators. Because the quantity of written records is limited (though enormous in comparison to most early societies), there is still much guesswork involved in determining the place women held in Egyptian society. It is clear that, unlike most ancient and not-so-ancient societies, Egypt conferred on women the legal right to own property and to barter their own goods, which means a larger record for current study. The essays here are both erudite and fascinating to read; the illustrations are clear and well presented in conjunction with the text. 117 colour & 112 b/w illustrations
Lives of the Pharaohs
Author: Pierre Montet
Publisher: Spring Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Publisher: Spring Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Pharaohs
Author: Lawrence Michael Berman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Black Women in Antiquity
Author: Ivan Van Sertima
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
This unique volume provides an overview of the black queens, madonnas, and goddesses who dominated the history and imagination of ancient times. The authors have concentrated on Ethiopia and Egypt because the documents of the Nile Valley are voluminous compared to the sketchier records in other parts of Africa, but also because the imagination of the world, not just that of Africa, was haunted by these women. They are just as prominent a feature of European mythology as of African reality. The book is divided into three parts: Ethiopia and Egyptian Queens and Goddesses; Black Women in Ancient Art; and Conquerors and Courtesans. This second edition contains two new chapters, one on Hypatia and women's rights in ancient Egypt, and the other on the diffusion into Europe of Isis, the African goddess of Nile Valley civilizations.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
This unique volume provides an overview of the black queens, madonnas, and goddesses who dominated the history and imagination of ancient times. The authors have concentrated on Ethiopia and Egypt because the documents of the Nile Valley are voluminous compared to the sketchier records in other parts of Africa, but also because the imagination of the world, not just that of Africa, was haunted by these women. They are just as prominent a feature of European mythology as of African reality. The book is divided into three parts: Ethiopia and Egyptian Queens and Goddesses; Black Women in Ancient Art; and Conquerors and Courtesans. This second edition contains two new chapters, one on Hypatia and women's rights in ancient Egypt, and the other on the diffusion into Europe of Isis, the African goddess of Nile Valley civilizations.