Egyptian art in the age of the pyramids.
Title:
Egyptian art in the age of the pyramids.
Author:
O'Neill, John Philip, 1931-
ISBN:
9780870999062
9780870999079
9780810965430
Physical Description:
1 online resource (536 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps ; 31 cm.
General Note:
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, from April 6 to July 12, 1999; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y., Sept. 16, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000; and the Royal Ontario Museum, February 13 to May 22, 2000.
Also published in French by Réunion des musées nationaux under title: L'art égyptien au temps des pyramides
Editor-in-chief: John P. O'Neill.
Exhibition title: Egyptian art in the Age of the Pyramids.
Contents:
Directors' Foreword / Acknowledgments / A Note on Egyptian Chronology / Dynastic and Regnal Dates / Introduction / Introductory Essays -- A Brief History of the Old Kingdom / The Step Pyramid Precinct of King Djoser / Pyramids and Their Temples / The Tombs of Officials: Houses of Eternity / Old Kingdom Statues in their Architectural Setting / Royal Statuary / Nonroyal Statuary / Reserve Heads: An Enigma of Old Kingdom Sculpture / Royal Reliefs / The Human Image in Old Kingdom Nonroyal Reliefs / Furniture of the Old Kingdom / Stone Vessels: Luxury Items with Manifold Implications / Excavating the Old Kingdom: From Khafre's Valley Temple to the Governor's City at Balat / Excavating the Old Kingdom: The Giza Necropolis and other Mastaba Fields / Excavating the Old Kingdom: The Egyptian Archaeologists / Catalogue -- Third Dynasty -- Fourth Dynasty -- Fifth Dynasty -- Sixth Dynasty.
Abstract:
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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